Comments about ‘Pickens energizes Salt Lake crowd’

Glad to see Benson reserves some skepticism of T. Boone.

In contrast to the slobbering, fawning adoration that the rest of the Salt Lake Media have tried to pass off as news coverage of his visit.

If Mr. Pickens' plan for energy independence consisted of increased drilling on public lands and the US coast with the help of taxpayer subsidies, he'd be figuratively run out of town on a rail by outraged reporters.

But asking for taxpayer help to make his wind power boondoggle profitable apparently turns them all into breathless, starry-eyed groupies.

I do agree that it's certainly a well funded campaign. Everywhere you turn, you're hearing more about "The Plan." PilmerPR is is going to post a podcast with some of what he said, and audience reaction, on its blog soon. It'll be interesting to hear if the plan matches the hype.

There is a lot of hype around the plan. Some of it well deserved. At least Pickens is doing something and not just talking about solutions. But there certainly is room for skepticism.
Read the full response of someone who was in attendance at the Town Meeting. Google "Utah green PR blog"

It was a great, informative event. And I agree with the others, at least he is doing something about it and getting the American public involved. It is refreshing and he's no idiot...he's going to make something work once he gets 1 million signatures to go to D.C. to show this is real business.

One other thing I thought was interesting. Some guy asked about prices of converting a car or truck to natural gas and he said he heard it was $8-12k. There is a lot of MISinformation. It's about $1500 for a kit and you can get a tank for $1000. If more people knew that it wasn't that expensive, I think they'd go for it. You'd have it paid for in savings since nat. gas is legally staying under $1/gal in Utah. cngoutfitters.com is one of the places where I got this quote, and I think converting is the way to go. Esp. since this avenue is ok'd with the EPA. They just don't want any joker going out and trying to do the conversion himself.

I am surprised the governor shows such enthusiasm about Mr. Pickens and his "Pickens Plan". Before any public official takes such a public position, he ought to study the background of the man behind the story.

Mr. Pickens has a very dark past. He is not an honest man, and every time he has turned up in the news -- from the early 1980's until today -- it has been because of his own hype. His biography, if ever fairly written, would surprise and disgust any reader.

American life as we know it today, relies on inexpensive transportation. After all, how many people walk to work,to the supermarket, or their kids game? How many grocery stores are next to farms? We need inexpensive fuel to keep our society running.

Since congress won't act and the oil cartels won't help why not try the Pickens Plan. It certainly is better than the current "no plan."