Pickens Plan: North Dakota

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Comment by Bruce D. Brovold on October 1, 2008 at 6:10am

I think a great way to jump start the economy, is to have the government start work programs, like they did back in the Great Depression in the 30's. They had what they called CC camps, where citizens built parks, roads, bridges and dams.This ended the depression. Today the government could put people back to work building a country wide system of wind generators. We could start the project right here in North Dakota, the windiest state. Write your US. congress men and and our state representatives and senators and express you views on this concept. We are in a scary world right now. The time to act is NOW!

Comment by Codi Prachar on September 11, 2008 at 12:33pm

Friends,

Urge your Member of Congress to sign the Pickens Plan Pledge today! We are in the final days of the Presidential election and a new Presidential Administration will be in place in January 2009. T. Boone Pickens and his nationwide army of supporters are calling for an Energy Independence Plan to be enacted within the first 100 days of the new Administration.

We are calling on you to:

1) Sign up online in support of the Pickens Plan to demonstrate the importance of this issue to voters! Email your friends and get the word out. We need to get 1 million members signed up ASAP!

2) Ask your Member of Congress and other elected officials in your area to sign this pledge.

http://www.pickensplan.com/thepledge/

Comment by Dave Sayer on August 15, 2008 at 10:52am

Hi there, ND group:

As you may have read in the Fargo Forum T. Boone Pickens is speaking Thursday, August 21 (coming Thursday) at the Fargodome. It seems to be a big energy meeting, free too. Just email Greta at gdeutsch@tunheim.com for reserving a seat. Maybe some of us could meet in person then!

dave

Comment by Dennis C. Harris, Jr. on August 14, 2008 at 11:53pm

Stephanie, My name is Dennis Harris. I live in Minot and work for E.W.Wylie Trucking in West Fargo. I am a trucker and am not home alot but do like to keep informed about anything I can do to further the Pickin's plan by contacting State as well as our reps in Washington DC. Any help you can give me will be greatly appericiated. Thanks, Dennis

Comment by Kris on August 8, 2008 at 8:35pm

Um, thanks, Stephen...
Anyway, I've been reading up on the wind power project in Moorhead, MN, as it seems like a good template for local power generation. If we could get some sort of state support for local wind projects, we could invest in enough turbines to put a big dent in their own coal usage. Of course, our legislators are pretty big fans of coal... Anyone know how a community gets started on such a project?

Comment by Stephen Daus on August 3, 2008 at 1:19pm

Hello, North Dakota, Would like to know if any one that want's a wind turbine. Please email or comment me. I'm sure helping people in your area is just as important as Texas. Yes if you want as large as a 1 mega-watt turbine I have some one sell it. Of course it will cost money.

Comment by Dave Sayer on July 29, 2008 at 12:04pm

Hi all, I've just joined the group. I'm from Cooperstown just north of Valley City. Next to really pushing wind power I think we should try to get a few natural gas stations in ND. With the existing propane distribution system it shouldn't be too hard to expand it to cars. Need to get car distributors to offer NS cars and conversion kits. There are profits to made there.....

Do you all think we should together formulate a letter to our congress people of ND to push development of the power grid, wind and solar power and Natural Gas vehicles?? comments? I drive a propane fork lift all the time....really great!

All the best. Dave:
Let's exchange information as it pops up. here's a couple of sightly repetitive articles from the Green Chip Review about the California precedent to the picken's plan and how he is going to profit from it. And a link to an opinion piece from the NYT by Timothy Egan on even the fringe left is blessing the plan. And finally a link from today's Times about all the natural gas in the US South. Send me any thing you find interesting!

All the best, Dave



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/opinion/24egan.html?scp=2&sq=pickens+plan&st=nyt


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/us/29boom.html?ref=todayspaper

By now you may have heard of The Pickens Plan...

It's the energy strategy proposed by billionaire and Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens. These days, he's a pioneering clean energy convert, on a mission to reduce our oil dependence by increasingly turning to wind and natural gas.

Of course, his intentions aren't entirely philanthropic, as he's also a master of making money for himself. He is, after all, one of the richest men in the world, and he's heavily invested in the energy sectors he's now promoting.

But unlike his money-making ventures of the past, which included many hostile takeovers of oil companies, individual investors like you actually have a chance to profit from this one.

That's because the billions of dollars about to change hands aren't going to do so behind closed doors, in a private setting.

Instead, the money is going to change hands on the public market, in companies that you can buy shares of right now.

The Pickens Plan calls for a trillion dollar investment to divert natural gas away from electricity production and toward use as a transportation fuel.

Getting in now on the companies receiving those monies could prove to be one of the most lucrative investment opportunities of this decade.

Listen, T. Boone plans on making billions. And there is a real possibility to ride his coattails on this to massive personal profits as well.

The following report has all the details on how to profit from the plan, right alongside one of the richest men ever to play the energy game.

To a new way of life, and a new generation of wealth,

Jeff Siegel


"One undeniable beneficiary of the Pickens Plan would be Pickens himself. He has bet $12 billion on a massive new wind farm in rural Texas and his BP Capital hedge fund is heavily invested in the natural gas industry."

-The Guardian, UK

How T. Boone Pickens and
The "Pickens Plan" Can Make You Rich
Dear Reader,
T. Boone Pickens recently revealed a plan that he believes could be the only real solution to reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
I know, that's a pretty bold statement to make.
But this is T. Boone Pickens we're talking about--the former Texas oilman who's worth about $3 billion...and just so happens to be the 117th richest person in the United States!
I can assure you, Pickens didn't become a self-made billionaire by being on the wrong side of the energy markets.
So when he says he's found the only real solution to reducing our dependence on foreign oil, you might want to see exactly what he's talking about.

The Pickens Plan:
A $1 Trillion Transition
You may have only recently seen the ads for the Pickens Plan. But the fact is, this thing's been building momentum for a few years now.
You see, Pickens Plan calls for an estimated $1 trillion investment to displace electricity currently produced from natural gas with clean wind power. This allows the excess natural gas capacity to power cars and trucks.
It's an excellent "transitional" plan that can help alleviate hundreds of billions of dollars currently spent on oil, while creating thousands of U.S. jobs.
But the truth is, this "transitional" plan didn't begin with Pickens. It actually began in California, with a little-known "Clean Air Action Plan" that Pickens capitalized on the moment it launched.
Back in November of 2006--in an effort to drastically reduce pollution--the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles adopted a clean air action plan. Within three years, this action plan requires the ports to:
check markAchieve a 47% decrease in diesel particulate matter (PM) emissions from port-related activity (shipping AND trucking).
check markCut smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) by 45%
check markAchieve a 52% reduction of sulfur oxides (Sox).
Now understand, this is an area where more than 16,800 Class-8 tractor trailers are the only machines strong enough to transport the heavy containers to their destinations. And they transport a lot of them.
In fact, combined, these two ports move more than $260 billion worth of traded goods per year. And that number is expected to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025.
With that kind of money in play, you know there's a major opportunity for investors. And T. Boone Pickens was the first to the party. But now we're getting in on the action too, and...
Profiting from Pickens Plan
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You see, in order to meet the new emission-reduction requirements, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the state Air Resources Board and the EPA called for the replacement of more than 5,300 trucks with clean-burning liquid natural gas (LNG) trucks.
Essentially, they decided to go with LNG because it could help the ports meet their reduction requirements--but without having to add a hefty price tag to the transition.
And guess who got an early piece of that action?
You got it!
The one and only, T. Boone Pickens.
Pickens owns 40% of a company called Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE). This is a company that provides natural gas for vehicle fleets in the U.S. and Canada. It actually designs, builds, finances, and operates the fueling stations too.
Seeing the writing on the wall, we recommended this company to our readers back in July, 2007, when the stock was trading around $13.24 a share. By October of 2007, the stock hit $19.60 a share--giving us a gain of more than 48% in less than 4 months.
Of course, that's peanuts compared to what I'm about to share with you now.
You see, although Clean Energy Fuels Corp. supplies the LNG, someone still has to supply the engines that run on the stuff.
After all, it's not as if GM and Ford are cranking these things out. They can barely stay in business as it is.
But there is a small Canadian company (of which 12 percent is actually owned by Pickens) that has designed what could be the most advanced, efficient engine on the planet. And it's powered by LNG.
In fact, it's so revolutionary it was awarded the 2007 Industry Innovation Award for alternative fuel trucks.
Bottom line: This engine and this fuel source, which is cheaper and cleaner than diesel, has proved to be the best stop-gap available that can handle the heavy workload, wear and mileage required by the ports and the drivers.
It doesn't hurt that Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is already supplying the infrastructure in the way of LNG fuel and fueling stations too.
But the best part is, this engine can actually be swapped with existing diesel truck engines that are already in service.
So no need to purchase brand new trucks!
In fact...

This Revolutionary Engine Could Actually Save Truck
Drivers and Companies Over $353.8 Million per Year!
diesel price
Let's face it...everything comes down to the bottom line. And that's why this particular engine manufacturer is going to make investors an absolute fortune.
You see, as I write this, diesel fuel in the port areas in California is already well over $4.96 a gallon...and steadily on the rise.
And with the skyrocketing costs of fuel set to go even higher in the near future, truckers are desperately looking for ways to save on energy costs.
For them, even a drop of $0.05 gallon would save each truck, traveling 80,000 miles per year and getting an average of six miles per gallon - over $650.
But this engine has proved even better.
Once retro-fitted to a current semi, the new engine could save over $21,000 a year in fuel costs!
And with more than 16,800 of them servicing the port area, companies and drivers (depending on how the fuel arrangement is met) are looking at a total savings of more than $352.8 million per year.
With that kind of money staying in their pockets, it came as no surprise when, just this past January, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach approved a $1.6 billion Clean Truck Superfund.
Check it out...

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In fact, even retail giant Wal-Mart, which operates one of the nation's largest fleets, has joined this company in their natural gas revolution... having picked up four test vehicles to measure the money saved by the switch.

While Wal-Mart, the leader in low cost providers, is claiming the move is for "Clean-Energy Purposes," the reality is... they're looking at saving several million dollars a year in transportation costs.
And as more LNG fueling stations appear across the country (thanks to the Pickens Plan), and with the proven environmental AND cost savings of the switch--investors are now lining up for their share of what this little-known company is about deliver.
In fact, it's already started.

Since the announcement of the $1.6 billion "superfund," this little engine manufacturer has watched its share price skyrocket more than 96.2%

And this is in the wake of one of the most volatile markets in recent memory!

But for readers of the weekly Alternative Energy Speculator, this is just the beginning. Because now that the Pickens Plan is in full swing, we're expecting to tack on at least another 143% within the next 8 to 10 months.

I want you to join us.

In fact, I've already prepared all the exclusive details about this stock in my report, From Ports to Pickens: How to Profit from the Natural Gas Transition.pickens report cover

And I want you to have it - For FREE!


Monday, July 28th, 2008

Dear Green Chip Review Reader,

The Pickens Plan has transformed into a media phenomenon.

From the New York Times to Fox News, newspapers and news networks across the country are touting the man, and his plan, as a major piece to solving the energy puzzle.

Pickens is wise enough to know we can't drill our way out of the unfolding energy crisis. He has even said that efforts aimed at convincing the public that drilling in forbidden areas will reduce gas prices are "totally misleading."

And this is from a man who made billions in the oil industry.

He's not totally against new drilling, he just has enough gumption and clout to say that the effect won't be that great.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that he's actually correct about the matter.

Rather than oil, Pickens is placing his bet for a prosperous future on alternative energy technologies.

He's making a $12 billion wager on what will be the world's largest wind farm, which will span the Texas panhandle.

Texas state officials have even supported the plan by approving $4.9 billion - the biggest government investment in clean energy in American history - to build increased transmission capacity for wind energy.

The billionaire also has a 40% stake in a natural gas fueling company called Clean Energy Fuels.

And that's where the second part of T. Boone's plan comes into play... using the natural gas saved by using wind energy to power cars.

What's so exciting about this plan is that as individual investors, you have the opportunity to profit alongside one of the richest men ever to play the energy game.

There are numerous ways to do so, but the most profitable may be through the small company that's going to get the lion's share of the natural gas engine market.

We have a full report on how to do it, and we'll guide you every step of the way.

Take a moment to read the attached report, and take the first step to making energy profits just like T. Boone Pickens does.

Your portfolio will surely reward you.

To a new way of life, and a new generation of wealth,

Jeff Siegel
Managing Editor, Green Chip Review


"One undeniable beneficiary of the Pickens Plan would be Pickens himself. He has bet $12 billion on a massive new wind farm in rural Texas and his BP Capital hedge fund is heavily invested in the natural gas industry."

-The Guardian, UK

How T. Boone Pickens and
The "Pickens Plan" Can Make You Rich

Dear Reader,

T. Boone Pickens recently revealed a plan that he believes could be the only real solution to reducing our dependence on foreign oil.

I know, that's a pretty bold statement to make.

But this is T. Boone Pickens we're talking about--the former Texas oilman who's worth about $3 billion...and just so happens to be the 117th richest person in the United States!

I can assure you, Pickens didn't become a self-made billionaire by being on the wrong side of the energy markets.

So when he says he's found the only real solution to reducing our dependence on foreign oil, you might want to see exactly what he's talking about.

The Pickens Plan:
A $1 Trillion Transition

You may have only recently seen the ads for the Pickens Plan.But the fact is, this thing's been building momentum for a few years now.

You see, Pickens Plan calls for an estimated $1 trillion investment to displace electricity currently produced from natural gas with clean wind power. This allows the excess natural gas capacity to power cars and trucks.

It's an excellent "transitional" plan that can help alleviate hundreds of billions of dollars currently spent on oil, while creating thousands of U.S. jobs.

But the truth is, this "transitional" plan didn't begin with Pickens. It actually began in California, with a little-known "Clean Air Action Plan" that Pickens capitalized on the moment it launched.

Back in November of 2006--in an effort to drastically reduce pollution--the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles adopted a clean air action plan. Within three years, this action plan requires the ports to:

* Achieve a 47% decrease in diesel particulate matter (PM) emissions from port-related activity (shipping AND trucking).
* Cut smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) by 45%
* Achieve a 52% reduction of sulfur oxides (Sox).

Now understand, this is an area where more than 16,800 Class-8 tractor trailers are the only machines strong enough to transport the heavy containers to their destinations. And they transport a lot of them.

In fact, combined, these two ports move more than $260 billion worth of traded goods per year. And that number is expected to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025.

With that kind of money in play, you know there's a major opportunity for investors. And T. Boone Pickens was the first to the party. But now we're getting in on the action too, and...
Profiting from Pickens Plan

You see, in order to meet the new emission-reduction requirements, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the state Air Resources Board and the EPA called for the replacement of more than 5,300 trucks with clean-burning liquid natural gas (LNG) trucks.
(image)

Essentially, they decided to go with LNG because it could help the ports meet their reduction requirements--but without having to add a hefty price tag to the transition.

And guess who got an early piece of that action?

You got it!

The one and only, T. Boone Pickens.

Pickens owns 40% of a company called Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE). This is a company that provides natural gas for vehicle fleets in the U.S. and Canada. It actually designs, builds, finances, and operates the fueling stations too.

Seeing the writing on the wall, we recommended this company to our readers back in July, 2007, when the stock was trading around $13.24 a share. By October of 2007, the stock hit $19.60 a share--giving us a gain of more than 48% in less than 4 months.

Of course, that's peanuts compared to what I'm about to share with you now.

You see, although Clean Energy Fuels Corp. supplies the LNG, someone still has to supply the engines that run on the stuff.

After all, it's not as if GM and Ford are cranking these things out. They can barely stay in business as it is.

But there is a small Canadian company (of which 12 percent is actually owned by Pickens) that has designed what could be the most advanced, efficient engine on the planet. And it's powered by LNG.

In fact, it's so revolutionary it was awarded the 2007 Industry Innovation Award for alternative fuel trucks.

Bottom line: This engine and this fuel source, which is cheaper and cleaner than diesel, has proved to be the best stop-gap available that can handle the heavy workload, wear and mileage required by the ports and the drivers.

It doesn't hurt that Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is already supplying the infrastructure in the way of LNG fuel and fueling stations too.

But the best part is, this engine can actually be swapped with existing diesel truck engines that are already in service.

So no need to purchase brand new trucks!

In fact...

This Revolutionary Engine Could Actually Save Truck
Drivers and Companies Over $353.8 Million per Year!
diesel price

Let's face it...everything comes down to the bottom line. And that's why this particular engine manufacturer is going to make investors an absolute fortune.

You see, as I write this, diesel fuel in the port areas in California is already well over $4.96 a gallon...and steadily on the rise.

And with the skyrocketing costs of fuel set to go even higher in the near future, truckers are desperately looking for ways to save on energy costs.

For them, even a drop of $0.05 gallon would save each truck, traveling 80,000 miles per year and getting an average of six miles per gallon - over $650.

But this engine has proved even better.

Once retro-fitted to a current semi, the new engine could save over $21,000 a year in fuel costs!

And with more than 16,800 of them servicing the port area, companies and drivers (depending on how the fuel arrangement is met) are looking at a total savings of more than $352.8 million per year.

With that kind of money staying in their pockets, it came as no surprise when, just this past January, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach approved a $1.6 billion Clean Truck Superfund.

Check it out...

(image)

In fact, even retail giant Wal-Mart, which operates one of the nation's largest fleets, has joined this company in their natural gas revolution... having picked up four test vehicles to measure the money saved by the switch.

While Wal-Mart, the leader in low cost providers, is claiming the move is for "Clean-Energy Purposes," the reality is... they're looking at saving several million dollars a year in transportation costs.
testimonial

And as more LNG fueling stations appear across the country (thanks to the Pickens Plan), and with the proven environmental AND cost savings of the switch--investors are now lining up for their share of what this little-known company is about deliver.

In fact, it's already started.

Since the announcement of the $1.6 billion "superfund," this little engine manufacturer has watched its share price skyrocket more than 96.2%

And this is in the wake of one of the most volatile markets in recent memory!

But for readers of the weekly Alternative Energy Speculator, this is just the beginning. Because now that the Pickens Plan is in full swing, we're expecting to tack on at least another 143% within the next 8 to 10 months.


Jeff Siegel
Chief Research Analyst, Alternative Energy Speculator

Comment by Michael on July 23, 2008 at 8:59pm

five is my favorite number

Comment by Bill Mollring on July 23, 2008 at 12:47pm

Thank you for starting this site. I am very interested in seeing how alternative energy ideas develop across the country. Please include me on your updates and notices. I wish you much success. We are listed on the Pickens Plan as Mariah Power.
You are invited to join our group for updates on the Windspire and
other alternative energy items and ideas.

http://www.push.pickensplan.com/group/mariahpower

To see our other alternative energy sources please go to:
http://www.emsystems.net
Aloha, Bill