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I wish to share two articles that you should be aware of, as the contents give great ammunition against some who try to discredit the Pickens Plan, as it is "not needed". 1. "Here comes $500 oil" at http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/news/economy/500dollaroil_okeefe.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008092210 The thrust of the argument is that world oil production has peaked (just as Pickens says) and high oil prices are here to stay (despite the current drop "all the way to $100 per barrel"). Analy… Continue

Here are the contents of my website at http://peakeffectiveness.com/wind.htm: The Pickens Plan – An Antidote to America’s Addiction to Oil The Pickens Plan is to install enough wind turbines from the Texas panhandle to North Dakota to produce 20% of the electricity for the United States within 10 years. The power generated from this system would allow shifting the natural gas now used to produce 22% of our electricity away from electri… Continue