Don’t Back Down Boone!
My friend Debbie just sent me a link to an article that outlines how T. Boone Pickens is backing off his wind farm in Texas. He states that they “got a little bit too quick off the blocks.” Bullshit. T was in the right place, at the right time, with the right idea and the money to get it rolling. But guess what? As usual, “its the economy stupid”. When Monster is laying people off (that’s more ironic than ray-a-ain on your wedding day) and furniture stores are giving away groceries, it’s easy to see that the current shakeout is not over. Obviously “T” is smarter than I am, and he will figure out a way to get this done. Just like we all need to do with our own plans.
I heard Boone Pickens purchased hundreds of massive wind turbines from GE for around $2 billion. But there’s a big logistical problem running power lines from the proposed Texas site. You’ve got to think it all the way through and be flexible. I believe that if wind power were really economical - profitable, we’d have plenty of it by now. Natural Gas is a tremendous domestic cleaner-energy source that we should shift to immediately - there’s where I agree with T the most! He’s also for more domestic drilling immediately, by the way. Energy independence is vital to the survival of this country.
Comment by Chuck Sink — July 9, 2009 @ 3:10 pm