This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Slim Pickings
Oct
14
2008
T. Boone Pickens’ plan needs funding. What better way to fund all that capital than with new oil wells here in America? But that’s not what he wants. He wants my support to build windmills.
Why does he need support? He’s already a billionaire who can afford to build windmills on his own. If wind power is that much of a better deal than oil, then it should be a good business on its own and not need support from people. How many other businesses need my support or a national advertising campaign before anything happens?
If he needs the government to do something first, that just means that my tax dollars are going to go to some billionaire. Anytime the government has to get involved, I get suspicious. Why does he need my support? To get Congress or the new President to act? Why do they need to act? So that his plan get political preference and he can make even more money? I don’t mind if he tries to make money, but your business should be able to work without getting the government to pass some law in your favor.
If he wants to build windmills, fine. But why disrupt the entire transportation industry at great cost? And to change the fuel from one non-renewable fossil fuel to another non-renewable fossil fuel? And cause the prices for everyone else who depends on natural gas to increase? Supply and demand says that if there is a large increase in demand (all the cars) without a large increase in supply (wind power is going to replace how many natural gas-fired power plants?), then prices for natural gas are going to increase. That will cause problems for homes and businesses who use natural gas. But since he owns natural gas businesses, an increase in prices is exactly what he wants.
Electric cars would be better than Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cars, since the infrastructure is already there and cars are either being manufactured or planned on being manufactured in decent volumes. Instead of diverting all the extra CNG to cars, have the extra wind power go to recharging plug-in electric vehicles. Why doesn’t Mr. Pickens want to do that? Because he already bought a bunch of CNG refueling stations, gas stations that sell CNG. He has placed his bets and is now trying to tilt the game in his favor.
Just build some windmills and skip the ad campaign and government lobbying.
“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone, For it whirls him away from his place.”
– Job 27:21
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