IT'S TIME TO STOP AMERICA'S ADDICTION TO FOREIGN OIL

The Pickens Plan is not bad in itself, being grounded in the reality of changing markets and led by a businessman who has actually invested in the process.  What may be more important is that the Plan could shake the monopolistic grip that fossil and nuclear energy has on our infrastructure and thought process.  That alone may enable renewable energy markets to grow once the suffocating...

When America's leaders wake up and realize that transportation, energy and land development policies are all inexorably linked, America might begin to deploy effective measures that can begin to loosen the strangle hold of oil on the economy. High oil prices are not just a problem for Americans - the entire world is negatively impacted, with the exception of the large oil exporting nations. The...

North America and the US in particular have become addicted to cheap energy and it has become a way of life. Like most complex issues it will take a complex solution. the complexity is not in the steps to be taken, but in the actual execution

Wind power is an alternative that can help in the augmentation of reducing transport fuels from crude, however, it cannot produce energy independence. Every alternative should be developed and Pickens is making a very big business bet on wind.  He is in it for profit and the overriding factor for this major effort is to take advantage of the current climate in the public's mind to create...

Energy independence is a strategic and immediate initiative that needs to be engaged in the same way that President Kennedy addressed our need to lead in space technology. In both cases our economic system and our very survival as a civilization depend on it T. Boone Pickens is offering leadership and insight.

Due to the economic and security issues involved in our oil dependence the United States must develop a cohesive national energy policy.  A policy that relies on the development of alternative energy sources.  The United States derives 70% of its oil from foreign sources, which is a economic and strategic dagger. Even if we were to begin to develop and drill in areas presently under moratorium...