I received this email from the White House this morning with a link to the document titled, “Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future.” If you haven’t watched Obama’s speech on energy futures at Georgetown University yesterday, make sure to watch it as well.
Dallas, TX – March 30, 2010 – T. Boone Pickens today released the following statement in response to remarks by President Obama at Georgetown University, where he outlined his plan for America’s energy security: “Today the President articulated the national security and economic threats associated with our escalating dependence on foreign oil. With the increasing [...]
Today, President Barack Obama spoke to students at Georgetown University to challenge the next generation to meet the challenge of reducing our dependence on foreign oil. He put forth a plan to reduce our daily import of foreign oil by a third by 2020 by:
In our quest to find sources of energy to replace petroleum, it is hard not to look at other fossil-based resources that haven’t been over-utilized and are abundant in the United States and the Americas. Natural gas definitely fits the bill. Natural gas is an excellent energy carrier and is available domestically. However, transporting the [...]
I’m a Mad Max movie buff so I couldn’t resist writing a post comparing the energy embargo scene in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome to our current world oil addiction. Beyond Thunderdome is set in a post-apocalyptic world where we’ve destroyed civilization and a few survivors struggle to live on the leftovers of mankind. Bartertown is [...]
Before you go to the voting booth this year, make sure you do a little research on the candidates and understand where they stand on reducing our dependence on petroleum. If asked, all candidates will answer, “I support reducing our nation’s dependence on oil.” However, you need to look at a more granular level to [...]
I see many articles on ways that people can reduce their usage of oil in the home and in their lifestyle. Bike to work, buy a scooter, buy natural fiber clothes. All of these will make some difference but is it really the best bang for the buck? Here is a short list of the [...]
Today, we used 21 million barrels of oil in the US. Actually, we do this every day. That accounts for 25% of global production. We import 13 million barrels of oil per day of which 5 million barrels come from OPEC. Much of that 5 million barrels comes from the Middle East. T. Boone Pickens [...]
Tonight, I watched the Imax movie, Arabia, at the Fernbank Museum and enjoyed the history lesson in the Two Golden Ages of Arabia. The first was led by the Nabataean culture and the natural resource that created their empire was frankincense and other spices. The Roman Empire’s polytheistic worship drove the insatiable demand for the [...]
