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T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas

submitted by littledragon_79

1 decade 2 years 2 months ago

TED: The US consumes 25% of the world's oil -- but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil-free future? After losing $150 million investing in wind energy, Pickens suggests it isn't, not yet. What might get us there? Natural gas. After the talk, watch for a lively Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson.

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I've heard T. Boone Pickens speak before. He didn't mention Swift Boating.

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>> ^MrFisk:

I've heard T. Boone Pickens speak before. He didn't mention Swift Boating.

exactly and notice no mention of WHO bought up huuuge amounts of natural gas enriched lands ten years ago.
for all his great points this man has an agenda....and it benefits him mainly.

I've heard Mr. T. Boone speak about this before. I think he is genuine and has offered the best plan he can work out with his expertise. It isn't perfect, but what is?

I do find it interesting how he uses the word "enemy" early on and ties in the U.S. world police/military mentality. (Made me think of Robert Newman's History of Oil.)

But I'm glad that the brief Q&A discussed the reality that Natural Gas = Fracking. I think a big problem lies in the fact that the wells being fracked now are in less and less remote areas, and populations are beginning to be affected.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'TED, TED Talks, Oil, Methane, Nuclear, Wind, Solar, Energy, Consuption, United States' to 'TED, TED Talks, Oil, Methane, Nuclear, Wind, Solar, Energy, Consumption, United States' - edited by Trancecoach

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