Use Less Oil, Use More Wind

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A billionaire who made his fortune from oil has a new plan to cut foreign dependency. T. Boone Pickens is hoping the idea will blow across America. Use Less Oil, Use More Wind
Published: Tue, July 08, 2008 - 9:46 pm Last Updated: Tue, July 08, 2008 - 9:51 pm
A Texas oil tycoon says America should act now and stop depending on foreign oil. T.Boone Pickens says the energy crisis is an emergency we can't drill our way out of. The oil man is now spending a lot of money to get support for his new plan. Pickens say the answer is wind power. He sat down with CBS anchor Katie Couric.


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Well Opinionwriter, they’ll probably spare me then, I’m about to give birth to some baby winds from that red beans and rice.grin

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Opinionwriter , that is really something to think about. thanks for passing it on.

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I know where all these crazy hurricanes are coming from. It’s because were killing wind all over the US with these new windmill farms.  I know many feel like wind is a renewable resource, but once you stop wind from blowing it’s then dead and other winds around the world feel that pain.  Winds are now putting together a strategy to form even bigger hurricanes if we don’t stop killing wind.  This year the tornadoes are worse than ever so far. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/tornadoes/2008-05-27-tornadoes_N.htm
I mean have you ever stopped to think that wind might have feelings?  Why not?  Try and be sensitive for once. Think about how you’d feel if you were running along and someone stopped you in your tracks just to extract your kinetic energy, then you lay wasted there forever.  I don’t think Mother Wind is going to put up with this much longer.  I’m just saying this so we aren’t surprised when wind breaks bad with some monster category 7 hurricanes this year.

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i really admire this man, he is really smart but i have to disagree with him on the wind mills.

The Bonneville Power Administration is responsible for adjusting hydropower generation levels to accommodate the power from wind turbines so the system isn’t overloaded.  BPA realized by the evening of June 30, that it could no longer handle the surge without increasing spills of water through hydroelectric dams to levels dangerous to fish. Spilling the water keeps it from running through the hydropower generators.“  So basically wind, a viable option, they can’t even come close to predicting when the wind is going to be what it is, they overloaded the grid and they killed some fish.  Thank you, windmills.

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