T. Boone Pickens

T. Boone Pickens talks about becoming independent from foreign oil by investing more in Wind Energy and Natural Gas. Related Posts Wind Energy Could Be An Easy Socially Responsible Investment Yet It Isn’t. Why? Read Full Story

Chairman of Boone Pickens Capital Management T. Boone Pickens speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 at the Cox Pavilion at UNLV August 10, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Political and economic leaders are attending a two-day summit to discuss a domestic policy agenda to advance alternative energy for the country's future. (Getty Images) more pics » Last we heard of T. Boone Pickens , he was trying to build a series of wind farms across the American Southwest. Now it seems he's back to oil, saying that the U.S. should not leave Iraq without having guaranteed access to their petroleum supplies (though ... Read Full Story

Via GreenMarine Productions Congressman John Larson will host a public forum on the Economy and Energy at Goodwin College in East Hartford on Tuesday, November 24th, from 4 - 5:30 pm in Goodwin College Auditorium. Larson will be joined by special guest T. Boone Pickens, energy pioneer and creator of the Pickens Plan. Larson is a co-sponsor of the NAT GAS Act, legislation Mr. Pickens strongly supports, which will make domestic natural gas a more accessible alternative to imported oil while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and urban pollution in vehicles. Seating is limited. To RSVP or obtain further information about the town hall forum, ... Read Full Story

Boone Pickens bring some common sense to the energy complex. Click here for the Business News Network interview with Boone. There are three parts to the interview that roll one after another. Picken's Plan is to replace some crude oil usage with natural gas. His argument being that natural gas is plentiful in the USA so why not use it instead of crude oil. Makes sense, except the infrastructure is not currently in place to use natural gas for trucks rather than diesel fuel. Another issue is the sound of a 450 hp diesel engine compared to a natural gas one? Truckers love that ... Read Full Story

Billionaire energy magnate T. Boone Pickens says a town-hall meeting planned for his alma mater to promote his "Pickens Plan" for energy independence will be his next-to-last in a university setting. The Oklahoma State University graduate has scheduled the meeting for Thursday at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater and says he's hopeful to fill the arena, which seats about 13,600. Pickens has touted his "Pickens Plan" for energy independence since July 2008. The multimedia campaign is designed to bring more focus to solving the nation's energy crisis. It calls for developing renewable energy sources and using natural gas as a transportation fuel to help wean ... Read Full Story