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Oil Billionaire T. Boone Pickens Turns To Wind

environmentalgraffiti.com — Investing $2 billion of his $3billion in his Mesa Power Co.'s Pampa Wind Project, First phase is 667 GE Turbines to be located in the Texas Panhandle producing 1000 megawatts, or enough for 300,000 homes. When completed total production will be 4000 megawatts, or enough for 1,200,000 homes. Pickens says this is much better than the oil business,

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  • AlwaysAwake, on 05/15/2008, -0/+12With enough cash, you can make money right out of thin air. At least if it is blowing. Beats the oil business.
  • debunkthelies, on 05/15/2008, -0/+11I couldn't agree more wind is an awesome power and it is clean.
  • roosevans, on 05/15/2008, -1/+9T. Boone Pickens may be a cutthroat neo-con billionaire who only cares about his profit margin, but in reality no innovative idea for clean renewable energy will get off the ground unless men like T. Boone Pickens can make money off the idea.
  • life38, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I hope this becomes reality
  • whatsrequired, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1He was on CNN today-- this is happening and it's wonderful
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