Alamo

The Pickens Plan Changes Its Strategy

A barrell of crude oil has approx, 5.8 million BTUs of heat energy and 1000
cubic ft of natural gas (mcf) contains approx 1 million BTUs---these are the generally accepted heat values. Crude oil is currently priced at about $65 per barrell whereas natural gas is about $6.50 per mcf or 58 per cent the cost of crude.

Oxidizing (ie; burning) crude versus nat. gas is 75 per cent or more polluting than natural gas. Shipping crude 6,000 miles by tanker presents additional pollution problems---anyone remember the Exxon Valdez environmental disaster? Alaskans and Exxon Mobil certainly do.

The EPA has said that the Honda Civic GX was the least pollouting vehicle they have ever tested---including the Toyota Prius. Anyone interested in burning crude, diesel or gasoline in their kitchen stove? I don't think so.

With the foreign policy disasters directly traceable to our reliance on crude supplies that we have to control with our military---a very deadly and unsustainably costly "control", I frankly cannot imagine why anyone would support any continuation of that insane policy. As world oil continues to decline we can anticipate 2 things: 1) more militarism and 2) economic ruin.

It is an absolute certainty that we must maintain an efficient and affordable transportation system fueled by an American produced energy source. In the immediate short term natural gas as the preferential fuel is an almost providential solution. Its American, its abundantly available, its less expensive and far cleaner than crude oil based fuels--gasoline or diesel. 40 per cent cheaper and 80 per cent less polluting and all-American. Win, win, win and WIND!

We need to bow our collective American necks and demand this change now.