I'm talking about this sort of thing regarding the Pickens plan: T. Boone Pickens Drops Wind Power From His Energy Plan [Video] | Nathanael Baker
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When T. Boone Pickens and Robert F. Kennedy can agree on something, anything, it's noteworthy. Last week in Tulsa they agreed that the environment is important and agreed, somewhat, on how to achieve clean air while reducing U.S. dependency on foreign oil.
The "Pickens Plan" promotes, among other things, the use of natural gas to end or at least reduce the country's foreign oil crutch. As a motor vehicle fuel, compressed natural gas (CNG) burns cleaner than gasoline and its use could reduce air pollution.
In fact, Pickens has now set out to put all of the nation's 18-wheelers on CNG. He says that alone could reduce the import of foreign oil by 2.5 million barrels a day.
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http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/ar...0_WhenTB613741
He's talking big about natural gas and using it for vehicles. I'm not that read up on wind power these days, but maybe natural gas plays a role in that too.
It natural gas an option for transitioning from oil? What are the differences environmentally regarding oil vs. natural gas? Why isn't there more talk about this transition in government? The U.S. has so much of it. What's the problem?
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