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DEL.ICIO.UST. Boone Pickens sells plan to hungry Georgians
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Aaron Gould Sheinin asheinin@ajc.com
Minneapolis — Famed oil man T. Boone Pickens spoke to the Georgia delegation to the Repbublican National Convention on Thursday morning to tout his plan for American energy independence.
It was a hungry crowd. A breakfast buffet was set up, but was not being served, until after Pickens’ address. A few people are starting to edge toward the food.
Still, delegates seem equally hungry for details on his plan, which would encourage creation of massive wind farms across the Great Plains to produce electricity and would push domestically produced natural gas to fuel automobiles.
Pickens has spent more than 50 million on national television advertising campaigns to tout his plan, and spoke last week to Democrats gathering for their convention in Denver.
The 80-year-old Pickens said he has also presented his plan to both Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican hopeful John McCain.
“You can’t drill your way out of the problem,” Pickens told delegates, many of whom have chanted “drill, baby, drill,” at the nightly sessions of the convention here. But, Pickens said, drilling can help and he supports it.
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