Pickens Finally Ends His Wind Energy Dream

The oil industry brought billions of dollars T Boone Pickens. Alternative energy had to be the basis of his legacy. Pickens’ idea is to cover vast plains of north Texas with wind farms and modern wind-mills. The government would be required to set up the facilities and shift the power to places of urgent need. This idea might be of great use either in case of oil prices above $100 per barrel or fast development of infrastructure for the nation’s energy transportation. As nothing of the kind is real, Pickens, being 81, is striking flag. Instead of a huge wind energy plant project Pickens is going to start several small wind sets. Pickens has understood that in the fight between wind and sun wind is a loser. Solar power sets installed on rooftop can provide not only homes but also local factories. As time has passed fresh interest in nuclear power reappered. France consumes over 80% of electricity produced at the nuclear plants. The ghost of Chernobyl stopped to scare people as for 25 years the world has nowhere come across another catastrophe. Pickens has got another idea at the moment. He is in opposition to enhancements in traditional existing power sources. Nowadays all fossil fuels as coal and oil are refined so they are friendlier with the environment, and at the same time the wind energy that seems to be cheap at the first sight, turns out to be unexpectedly expensive as it demands investments not only in plants building but also in energy transportation. Pickens was USA’s most ardent supporter of wind power. His time is over and he has nothing to do but get the wind power project shelved. Some day it may interest someone like Mr. Gore…