Energy tycoon T Boone Pickens pronounces his assessment of Washington's handing of petroleum dependence:
T Boone Pickens says his effort to convert the government trucking fleet to natural gas is his last go-round with Washington politicians, whom he insists don't care about the country's energy independence."When this one's over for me, I am through with Washington," Pickens, founder and CEO at BP Capital, said during a discussion at the Skybridge Alternatives SALT hedge fund conference.
Pickens has been trying — and failing — to get Congress to pass what is now called the Energy Security Act, aimed particularly at the development of natural gas and breaking the country free of its dependence on Middle East oil.
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T Boone Pickens says his effort to convert the government trucking fleet to natural gas is his last go-round with Washington politicians, whom he insists don't care about the country's energy independence."When this one's over for me, I am through with Washington," Pickens, founder and CEO at BP Capital, said during a discussion at the Skybridge Alternatives SALT hedge fund conference.
Pickens has been trying — and failing — to get Congress to pass what is now called the Energy Security Act, aimed particularly at the development of natural gas and breaking the country free of its dependence on Middle East oil.
Continue reading.
