Update: For T. Boone Pickens the Answer is Blowing in the Wind

An update to the post For T. Boone Pickens the Answer is Blowing in the Wind:



Update 2: Boone Doggle:

...In fact, Mr. Pickens's "plan" bears a family resemblance to John Kerry's 2004 "energy independence plan," which on closer inspection was merely a scheme to reduce oil consumption by a couple million barrels a day, an amount equal to our imports from the Persian Gulf. Whatever its utility as an upraised middle digit to the Middle East, it's a strategy that does not even succeed on its own silly terms...

...Besides, if Mr. Pickens's geopolitical goals were really worth pursuing, why not pursue them directly without the Rube Goldberg complexity? If there's something to be gained by not sending our money to Saudi Arabia, let's ban oil imports from Saudi Arabia. If there's something to be gained by preventing anyone from buying Saudi oil, let's have the U.S. Navy blockade its oil ports...