Energy Policy Is Slim 'Pickens'

The well-known financier and long-time advocate for natural gas, T. Boone Pickens, discusses energy policy on almost every level, from the BP spill, to OPEC, to what Americans can do to become energy independent. He thinks that blowing up BP's well is a silly and dangerous idea, while claiming that natural gas is the only way that Americans will be able to rid themselves of foreign fuel while preventing enormous environmental disasters.

The well-known financier and long-time advocate for natural gas, T. Boone Pickens, discusses energy policy on almost every level, from the BP spill, to OPEC, to what Americans can do to become energy independent. He thinks that blowing up BP's well is a silly and dangerous idea, while claiming that natural gas is the only way that Americans will be able to rid themselves of foreign fuel while preventing enormous environmental disasters. His ideas are controversial all around, but any discussion on a nationwide energy policy is a good thing.

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