Old Wizard

Profiting from the Pickens Plan: FAN, Clean Fuels, Fuel Systems

These comments illustrate why we can't get an agreement on a comprehensive energy plan. Pickens is right about the economic problem.We can't have a negative 800B DOLLARS/yr cash flow as measured by the current account out of the country much longer and not have to sell our country. From a cash flow point of view it is still better for the US to produce a kilowat, or 'x' btu's at the same cost as we pay to produce it from imported oil. Moeover,any one solution will not get us there in time to avoid a financial disaster for a good share of our citizens. Wind and solar have a part to play. Copenhagen gets 20% of its electrical energy from 26 windmills in the approach to their port. Near term increases in our domestic oil and gas supplies is a necessity and so is a crash program to get wind power on line with accompanyind infrastructure where it makes the most contribution. By the way does GE have a significany role in wind power?