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To: ChanceIs who wrote (214999)	8/10/2009 10:42:05 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Come on, Im-melt-down went to Harvard business school. He's secure. LOL He's on O's advisory board. Heck, MSNBC, NBC, CNBC practically got him elected. ng GE just turned green. 15 is next.

To: ChanceIs who wrote (214999)	8/10/2009 10:47:32 AM
From: DebtBomb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Pickens Plan for Huge Wind Farm Blows Away T. Boone Pickens, the conservative Texas oilman who became the unlikely face of energy reform efforts during the 2008 presidential campaign, has announced that he will not move forward with plans to build the world's largest wind farm in his home state. Pickens' company's spokesman cited "the collapse of the capital markets" and "the steep downturn of natural gas prices" as the reason for the decision, as the Washington Post reports. (Pickens also cited a lack of transmission lines.) The spokesman insisted that "Boone still remains committed and focused on developing wind energy in the United States." Indeed, Pickens plans to instead build three or four smaller wind farms at a cost of $2 million, the New York Times notes. He told the Times that he could potentially decide to build the larger wind farm – "anything’s possible," he said – but his decision is seen as evidence that the wind energy movement is faltering newsweek.com.