T. Boone Pickens on Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy

Here's a passage from a speech that long-time energy executive T. Boone Pickens gave back in May 2005 that's still relevant today:

Pickens went to explain that if he were Energy "Czar", he'd immediately begin to phase out the use of natural gas in electric power generation and encourage the construction of more coal-fired and nuclear power plants. He'd use the natural gas to power transportation instead. Speaking of the various alternative fuels, he stated, "I don't think any of them can miss. I think some will be further out than others. Hydrogen, I think, is going to take a long time".

Thanks to the Peak Oil blog for the pointer.

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