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[mises]

T. Boone Pickens has created a website advocating for his solutions to getting out of the energy mess. It is a solid plan, bipartisan, prudent and maybe even effective.

http://www.pickensplan.com/

[Kikomom]

Natural gas and wind to get out of the rough patch, to more nukes 20-30 years from now makes a lot more damn sense than burning FOOD for fuel.

Eh?

[Ya-ta Boy]

This is the kind of thing Lee Iaccoca was talking about a couple of weeks ago--utilizing leadership from successful people.

I particularly like the wind power part of his idea because we won't run out of wind, like eventually we will of oil and natural gas.

A part that he didn't mention is that the states where the wind is are also where they are pumping too much water out of the aquafers and drying out the prairies to produce an excess of wheat. By the ranchers and farmers on the Great Plains putting up wind generators, they could supplement their income and partially insulate themselves from the ups and downs of the grain market.

[Kikomom]

Think there might be an aquifier in Iowa right now that could use some drying up. Are those things portable?

They do make the landscape look like Star Wars though. That's a nimby argument, sorry. Heck, I'd be happy with a solar shower at my place.

[blade]

I like how my country Ireland is coloured nearly all red in Pickens' map and thus a perfect location for wind power generation and the fact that such a large continental shelf might potentially allow it to become a major supplier of wind power in Europe.
Personally if the US, Europe and other wealthy countries combine their resources then a solution to the energy crises may not be so far off. People really need to understand that this crisis is not just a US or European problem but a global problem which we all have an interest in solving. Decreased demand in say China should make oil less expensive for us and thus give our economies more time to adapt before oil becomes too expensive for us to use and an alternative needs to be put in place.

[ontheway]

From Pickens' Plan:

[Ya-ta Boy]