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Tags: PICKENS, T. Boone (Thomas Boone), 1928-; CAPITALISTS & financiers; NATURAL gas -- United States; ORGANIZATION of Petroleum Exporting Countries; RENEWABLE energy sources -- United States; FINANCIAL services industry
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- 10 QUESTIONS FOR T. BOONE PICKENS. // Time International (South Pacific Edition);6/14/2004, Issue 23, p16
The article presents an interview with hydrocarbon investor T. Boone Pickens. When asked whether he thinks gas prices will reach the price limit of $3 a gallon, Pickens says that they might go beyond $3 according to his prediction. He also says that the Organization of Oil Producing Countries...
- Giving good advice. Gerlat, Allan // Waste & Recycling News;9/28/2009, Vol. 15 Issue 11, p8
The article reports on the views given by T. Boone Pickens at Wastecon on how to improve the environment and the energy situation in the U.S. It notes that Pickens has talked about his Pickens Plan for energy independence, which involves heavy reliance on natural gas, along with substantial...
- US Fracked Gas and the Imperial Great Game. HORN, STEVE // CounterPunch;Feb2013, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p16
The article focuses on the U.S. debate regarding the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG). According to American financier T. Boone Pickens , shale gas extraction is being promoted to Americans in order to obtain energy independence, which could lead on getting out of the cartel of Organization...
- Freedom From Foreign Oil. Tyrrell Jr., R. Emmett // American Spectator;Nov2009, Vol. 42 Issue 9, p78
The article discusses natural gas as an alternative to oil. It notes the thinking of Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens, whose energy independence plan favors natural gas. It notes that breakthroughs have made natural gas economical and clean, and that it has been found in abundance in the U.S. in...
- Pickens: natural gas abundance "divine intervention.". TRONCHE, JOHN-LAURENT // Fort Worth Business Press;3/9/2009, Vol. 21 Issue 8, p8
The article reports on the claim of businessman and alternative energy proponent T. Boone Pickens that the fact that U.S. imports almost 70 percent of its oil from overseas is a problem that needs to be addressed so that younger generations are not strapped with an expensive bill and no way out....
- Pickens Plan Stirs the Debate. Blankinship, Steve // Power Engineering;Aug2009, Vol. 113 Issue 8, p12
The article discusses the proposal of oil baron and corporate raider T. Boone Pickens of Mesa Power LP to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil by converting a percentage of transportation fuel needs to natural gas and partially resupplant the re-deployment with wind. Pickens' announcement in...
- Who cares about energy independence? STROSSEL, JOHN // Fort Worth Business Press;2/8/2010, Vol. 22 Issue 6, Special section p23
The article reflects on the efforts of the U.S. government to promote the use of alternative energy to end the nation's dependence to other dictatorial nations. It details a campaign launched by oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens to push for the use of wind and natural gas. The author believes...
- Blowback. Quirk, Matthew // Atlantic Monthly (10727825);Oct2008, Vol. 302 Issue 3, p30
The article focuses on the use of wind power in the U.S. It discusses the promotion of renewable energy, especially wind power, in the country and compares the popularity to the former promotion of ethanol fuels. The wind turbines being built by the businessman T. Boone Pickens are mentioned and...
- Positively Conflicted: The Pickens Plan and the New Energy Army. McCann, Betsy // Conference Papers -- National Communication Association;2009, p1
This paper explores T. Boone Pickens's "Pickens Plan" in light of historical conflicts surrounding United States energy policy. Pickens, with his "Pickens New Energy Army" has garnered support from both sides of the aisle, and has mounted an enormous public campaign with at least 1.3 million...
