http://www.scottallan.com/2008/09/the-pickens-plan.html Slapping my bumper stickers on the Internet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.scottallan.com/2008/09/the-pickens-plan.html#comment-1642 Don Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:24:50 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=826#comment-1642 While the O-A News is on my mind, I’d like to recommend that people read and comment on Jennifer Foster’s “Clarion-Caller – The Blog” over there. This young blogger writes some very interesting posts that I think deserve to be read and responded to. If you like what you see there, tell others about her blog which can be found @ <a href="http://www.gulfeast.com/index.php/OAN_Political_Blog/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gulfeast.com/index.php/OAN_Political_Blog/</a> and if you post a comment there tell Jennifer that I recommended her blog.  :-)   While the O-A News is on my mind, I’d like to recommend that people read and comment on Jennifer Foster’s “Clarion-Caller – The Blog” over there. This young blogger writes some very interesting posts that I think deserve to be read and responded to. If you like what you see there, tell others about her blog which can be found @ http://www.gulfeast.com/index.php/OAN_Political_Blog/ and if you post a comment there tell Jennifer that I recommended her blog. 

 

]]> http://www.scottallan.com/2008/09/the-pickens-plan.html#comment-1641 Don Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:15:51 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=826#comment-1641 For those interested in this topic, just this morning (September 6) I stumbled across an editorial in the Opelika-Auburn News, that was, interestingly, written by a student at Auburn who has dated one of my grandsons off and on. "State emerges as new energy pioneer" can be read @ http://www.oanow.com/oan/news/opinion/brittany_branyon/article/brittany_branyon_state_emerges_as_new_energy_pioneer/35023/ For those interested in this topic, just this morning (September 6) I stumbled across an editorial in the Opelika-Auburn News, that was, interestingly, written by a student at Auburn who has dated one of my grandsons off and on. “State emerges as new energy pioneer” can be read @ http://www.oanow.com/oan/news/opinion/brittany_branyon/article/brittany_branyon_state_emerges_as_new_energy_pioneer/35023/

]]> http://www.scottallan.com/2008/09/the-pickens-plan.html#comment-1635 Ike Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:02:49 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=826#comment-1635 Pickens' Plan <a href="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14593-wind-turbines-make-bat-lungs-explode.html?feedId=online-news_rss20" rel="nofollow">kills bats</a>.  (I'm serious.) The issue is no longer 'which' energy... it's that every form of energy comes with costs.  And somewhere, someway, you can also find a whackjob who is offended at one of the costs. We won't get a serious energy policy until we get real about the holistic costs and benefits instead of focusing on just one particular input or output. Pickens’ Plan kills bats.  (I’m serious.)
The issue is no longer ‘which’ energy… it’s that every form of energy comes with costs.  And somewhere, someway, you can also find a whackjob who is offended at one of the costs.
We won’t get a serious energy policy until we get real about the holistic costs and benefits instead of focusing on just one particular input or output.

]]> http://www.scottallan.com/2008/09/the-pickens-plan.html#comment-1634 Scott Allan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:12:33 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=826#comment-1634 <p>Don, I don't know S. David Freeman at all but the fact that he worked for Carter makes me question his judgment and agenda.  I believe the government wants to use Yucca Mountain.  This sounds like a perfect use of eminent domain for the public interest.</p> Don, I don’t know S. David Freeman at all but the fact that he worked for Carter makes me question his judgment and agenda.  I believe the government wants to use Yucca Mountain.  This sounds like a perfect use of eminent domain for the public interest.

]]> http://www.scottallan.com/2008/09/the-pickens-plan.html#comment-1633 Scott Allan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:36:08 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=826#comment-1633 <p>Bill,   I sure wish I could live off rich wives!  So is he speculating on alternative energy trying to drive up the price?</p> Bill,   I sure wish I could live off rich wives!  So is he speculating on alternative energy trying to drive up the price?

]]> http://www.scottallan.com/2008/09/the-pickens-plan.html#comment-1632 Don Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:26:30 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=826#comment-1632 I think the main problem with nuclear power is how to dispose of the radioactive waste that results from it. I went to school with the younger brother of S. David Freeman who was appointed head of TVA by President Carter. Freeman is against nuclear power but I’m not familiar with why that is. I believe he’s involved with hydrogen automobiles now. I noticed a few weeks ago an item about him being back in Chattanooga speaking out against nuclear power plants, several of which I think he closed down during his time with TVA.   I’ve heard that some plants that Bio-fuels can be produced from can thrive on land that’s not conducive to farming.   Maybe the answer is to work on every possible source of energy until it can be determined which is the best and most affordable, then go with the best 2 or 3. I think the main problem with nuclear power is how to dispose of the radioactive waste that results from it. I went to school with the younger brother of S. David Freeman who was appointed head of TVA by President Carter. Freeman is against nuclear power but I’m not familiar with why that is. I believe he’s involved with hydrogen automobiles now. I noticed a few weeks ago an item about him being back in Chattanooga speaking out against nuclear power plants, several of which I think he closed down during his time with TVA.
 
I’ve heard that some plants that Bio-fuels can be produced from can thrive on land that’s not conducive to farming.
 
Maybe the answer is to work on every possible source of energy until it can be determined which is the best and most affordable, then go with the best 2 or 3.

]]> http://www.scottallan.com/2008/09/the-pickens-plan.html#comment-1631 Bill Gordon L. Staff Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:56:12 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=826#comment-1631 Pickens is part of the problem, He is not an oil Tycoon he is a speculator who has lived off rich wives since College days.  Pickens is part of the problem, He is not an oil Tycoon he is a speculator who has lived off rich wives since College days. 

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