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| Oil Man Puts Energy Use in Perspective | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 9 2008, 07:29 PM (98 Views) | |
| mynameis | Jul 9 2008, 07:29 PM Post #1 |
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T. Boone Pickens is a billionaire oil man and a career corporate raider who loves George Bush so much he donated $250,000 to his 2004 inaugural ball. He was, and still is, fully behind the invasion and occupation of Iraq and makes no bones about it. So why is he now pushing for the use of alternative energy sources like wind and solar in his Pickens Plan? It might be because he sees the soaring price of gas and how it is crushing the average American and decided to invest billions of dollars of his own money on a bet that it will pay off. His holdings in natural gas would make his a very healthy profit, should we convert to using it more. Don’t get me wrong, I support anyone who wants to lower our dependence on oil and clean up our environment, but if you watch the above video and go to the PP website you’ll see that the environment doesn’t get much play. In fact, considering his push for OCS drilling, I’d say the environment isn’t the overriding issue, just ridding us of our dependence on foreign oil. Carl Pope, Executive Director of The Sierra Club has praised his plan, going so far as to say Pickens is “out to save America” — and I have no problem with that — but do financial motivations vs. environmental motivations matter? Should we just be thankful that someone has stepped up to the plate, even if it means that the ultra-wealthy will once again control our energy resources, or do we strive for more ownership in the future of our own energy policy and demand more emphasis and accountability on our environment? In the end, will Pickens’ plan even work? http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1632654798/bctid1653634930 |
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| Q | Jul 10 2008, 12:27 PM Post #2 |
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On the other side of the fence, I have been curbing the use of electricity (we have a wood fire), by transferring my daily activities to a 50W laptop instead of a 600W number cruncher. I'm bypassing compact fluoros (nasty mercury toxins) and gone straight to LED bulb replacements. As I slowly progress towards paying for a solar panel or decent wind vane, I hope to get to the point where I'm actually returning electricity to the grid. When summer hits, I have no choice but to chew power with an air-con
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| mynameis | Jul 10 2008, 04:26 PM Post #3 |
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If we all supply power to the power grid what can they do with the extra energy? They can't bill us all can they for creating our own power? |
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