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Natural Gas & Wind Power - The Pickens Plan

This is perhaps the most important discussion that can take place; the very survival of our country as an independent political and social leader in the world is all that is at stake!!

I have read the Pickens Plan. It is not perfect, but it is viable and, more importantly, it is the only thoughtful framework that is on the table right now. We would be foolish to nit-pick it into oblivion just because it isn't "the" solution for all time. To paraphrase, let not perfection be the fatal enemy of the possible. For purposes of discussion, let me state from the outset that I hold positions in CLNE, GE, and PWR.

First, the obvious: Having hamstrung ourselves by limiting severely our production of fossil fuels domestically, we are vulnerable to the political and often fanatical whims of those who are not our very best friends. Worse, we are obliged to fund their "whims" at levels that are obscene. We should start today - this morning - to develop every viable alternative imaginable. This includes drilling for crude oil and natural gas. It also should include hydrogen fuel cells, compressed LNG, bio-fuels, nuclear, solar, geothermal and probably a half dozen that I haven't even heard of. Make no mistake about it....this is a matter of our survival as a free nation, and the environmentalists who have established themselves as the self-appointed "guardians of our planet" will have to just step aside and let the realists work to ensure that they will have enough power tomorrow to light and heat their own
"Save the Planet" offices.

We can and must do anything and everything to maintain our independence. And we must face the fact that we have become our own worst enemies. The petty partisan political theater in Washington has gone beyond acceptability! No matter which side of the political aisle each of us identifies with, we can no longer afford to be red or blue; we must insist, loudly and clearly, that our ensconced representatives in DC stop playing the roles of good Republicans and Democrats and start behaving like good Americans! The only thing hanging in the balance is our nation!!!