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Posted on April 9, 2009 at 6:30am

Start Marching....virtually!

The Pickens Plan is organizing a Virtual March on Washington to be held April 1-3, 2009.

So what is a "Virtual March"?

We are going to utilize the size and unique capabilities of the New Energy Army to have an enormous impact on the White House and Congress. The Army will focus its energy during those three days on e-mails, calls and faxes to every Member of Congress.

Between now and then we will be engaging in a series of activities to get ready for the… Continue

Posted on March 10, 2009 at 4:10pm — 2 Comments

Pickens energy plan sparks interest from Gov. Paterson

Pickens energy plan sparks interest from Gov. Paterson

By Brian Tumulty

btumulty@gannett.com

WASHINGTON - Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens may have made a new convert from the Empire State.

Pickens made a pitch Saturday to members of the National Governors Association to join the 14 governors who already have signed onto his plan for American energy independence.

"After listening to him, I gave a lot of thought to it,'' New York Gov. David Paterson said at the… Continue

Posted on February 23, 2009 at 1:44pm

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Posted on February 21, 2009 at 3:34pm

Boone’s Groundbreaking Energy Summit

“National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy”

Washington, DC, February 13, 2009 – The Center for American Progress Action Fund today released the formal agenda and the participants in “National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy” forum on Monday, February 23, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a longtime champion of building a clean energy economy, is honorary chair.

The National Clean… Continue

Posted on February 17, 2009 at 4:50pm

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At 9:24pm on June 17, 2010, Wrong Way said…: Hi Jessica. Is there anyone at Pickensplan that is updating banners and widgets? It appears to me that there seems to be a lack of orginization or even leadership on this website. Though I understand there are alot of factors in running such a important campain, I hope someone is actively trying to moderate discussions and reply to questions and concerns. Please let me know if anyone can let me know about my questions. Thanks. Seth

At 5:09pm on January 19, 2010, htomfields said…: Thought you might be interested in the Idaho National Laboratory facebook site. We do a lot of energy research including wind, nuclear, solar, natural gas, etc. http://www.facebook.com/idahonationallaboratory

At 8:42pm on October 5, 2009, Joseph Keating said…: Haven't been able to get a response from the pickens team on an idea. Maybe you have some pull some where. Assuming the new wind farm is on hold, why not setup a fund to add a windmill to an existing wind farm ? I would contribute to it. My original reason for joining was to increase the use of wind energy.

At 11:26am on September 2, 2009, Arga Blarg said…: Hello-
I am very interested in running vehicles on natural gas,
and establishing fueling stations to support doing that.
I read the article by Mr. Pickens and Mr. Turner in the Wall St. Journal recently.
I would like be a partner with them in this venture,
and offer my land at the intersection of I 70 and I 77
in Cambridge Ohio to be used as a natural gas truckstop. These freeways go all the way across the country
in all 4 directions,
and the location is within 2 hours drive
of many major cities.
11.5 acres are suitable for this purpose, with development.
There is more land as well.
We are also in the natural gas and oil business,
in a small way, and have put in the pipeline infrastructure
to support this natural gas truckstop with as much fuel as required.
This could be provided by the local utility,
and also from our own natural gas field which we have tapped succesfully.
I have pipeline in place for this truckstop now,
and we own the property outright.
Please contact me regarding the possiblities,
and pass this along to Mr. Pickens and Mr. Turner.
Thank You,
Shon D. Lenzo
President
Freeway Development Corporation

At 8:40am on July 12, 2009, James R. Merrick said…: Good Morning Jessica. Been kicking around an idea and implementing it in our home. Working great for us and wanted to share. During the hot summer months, we have taken the evaporator hose from our a/c and drain into containers. The distilled water is then used to water our vegetable and flower gardens. We can easily "bottle" over five gallons daily when the a/c is running. It could also be used for drinking...making ice...etc. We have noticed at the stores (in our area, Dayton, Ohio) that people usually have a cart filled with drinking water and another cart filled with their groceries. This savings we've made are from one residential dwelling...can you imagine how much water could be manufactured from commercial buildings. Why waste it when it can be used? Just wanted to put this out to those interested. We've saved $$$$. P.S. the veggies and flowers love the drink as well :)

At 5:56pm on June 2, 2009, Wrong Way said…: Hey Jessica. Hope life is treating you good. I emailed my congress/senate members regarding the Transmission/RES and also the Wind issue through my energy page and it was documented on it. Also I signed up to promote it through my face book page. Not really worried about the points or anything. Just thought I would bring it to your attention so if there is a technical issue they can get it address. Best wishes. www.theasphaltblogger.com

At 10:47pm on April 27, 2009, Mike Lingel said…: Jessica, Hi... Im new and willing to help would like to see more intrest in wind and water energy I work for Lowes so let me know what I could do to help OK? ttul Mike Lingel

At 1:01pm on April 9, 2009, Charles Clemens said…: No problem, Jessica. I got my question answered already.

At 9:42am on April 7, 2009, Chuck Moore said…: The momentum of a very large ship cannot be stopped in a day, month or year: perhaps in decades it can. So what if big business benefits from the Pickens Plan - buy stock in MobilExxon? Getting big business behind something usually makes it happen if the government is the enabler. This is the only short term way to go.

Once we are keeping our $$$ at home we will have much more $$$ to spend on research and energy projects. For example. I personally think that we should spend big $$$$ on geothermal wells to generate turbine steam power in a closed loop system - absolutely no green house issues and almost a net 0 thermal issue. Nuclear is a clear and known option as is solar and wind power but they can never hope to equal the thermal energy in sheer output and you do not have to worry about energy storage in dark or windless hours.

If you have a remote house or cabin then by all means add solar and wind if meteorological conditions permit. Decouple the grid? Sure. Enact legislation to receive fair prices for energy produced? Sure. It is all good and should be applied where the situation dictates.

At 5:57pm on April 3, 2009, Tim Heming said…: Hi, just a quick question, who will benifit the most from this Pickens Plan? Don't get me wrong, we have to get off our dependence of foreign oil. But after researching this plan, I feel it is very wrong. Big Oil (including Boone) will prosper from this. I think the direction we need to spend our money on is Solar Power, and Nuclear Power.