Just curious....

I think he should take some of that money and influence and check this out...Algae into oil.

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Interesting - it's a pretty color of green! I wonder if the 'greens' would go for what he suggested - using 10% of the surface of the state of NM. Much of NM is so barren and ugly... but then again, the Alaska tundra is barren and unaccessible and the environmentalists don't want it touched. Granted, NM isn't 'untouched'... but personally, I fail to get excited about 'untouched' vs 'touched'. That argument is based on our *feelings* rather than any scientific or environmental reasoning.

I find the whole wind thing interesting. I think the windmills are rather pretty and half-jokingly asked my mom what she tought about calling T.B. up and seeing if he'd want to start on our farm. She surprised me by saying, essentially, NIMBY! Her area has oil wells all over the place but they don't block her view of the horizon and she thinks the windmills are an eyesore and would mess with the aesthetics of her view! lol

What is his plan? Can you post a link?

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Edited to add:
There is a wind farm that is going to be build a county (Highland County, Va) away from me. Here is an interesting news link about it.
You can also listen to a turbine.
Wind Farms Draw Mixed Response in Appalachia : NPR

The nuts and bolts of it are that he wants to see us quit relying on natural gas to fuel 22% of our electric energy. At least that's what I understood him to say. I didn't know that they used gas to create electricity, so maybe he meant household energy in general (gas-fired furnaces, hot water heaters, clothes dryers, etc.).

Anyway.... of the 22% that is fueled by natural gas, he believes it can all be replaced with wind power by a massive windmill system that runs through the plains states. That natural gas would then be used to fuel automobiles. He said it is used to create a clean-burning and plentiful supply of gasoline and that currently 8M cars in the world run on natural gas fuel.

He said we would be able to accomplish this within ten years and it would reduce our dependence on foreign oil by $300B. We currently import $700B/year.

He didn't propose that this is a 'forever solution' and maintains that in 30 years when he is dead that the next generation will be looking for something else, but that it would be a good bridge to get us to the next phase of energy use. His primary concern is the dependence on the foreign source, not necessarily the environment or anything.

I don't know if this credits or discredits him, but I have to assume that he is as much a gas man as an oil man.