The Pickens Plan:
Taking stock of where we are

We've made significant strides in influencing the energy debate in America since launching the Pickens Plan in July 2008 but we still have a ways to go before the Pickens Army can rest. In recent weeks, I've released a series of videos updating my latest energy thoughts. They include a look at how there is increasing military support for the Pickens Plan — the military understands very well how our dependence on foreign oil threatens our national security; how the Chinese have used lower oil prices during this global recession to embark on a resource grab of epic proportions by positioning themselves to control a substantial amount of the oil produced in Africa, Asia and South America (China has a plan and we do not); and how natural gas, cheaper and more abundant domestically than oil, is the key to America breaking free from its foreign oil dependence.

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Growing up where the pavement ends, the West begins, and the Rock Island crossed the Frisco.

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