I actually believe T. Boone. I think he has financially positioned himself to where the plan will work. The goal to use natural gas to replace our oil usage in autos could be workable.
Pickens is just trying to get govenment funding(our tax dollars) for transmission lines and the cost is HUGE especially for the miniscule R.O.I.
We’re talking TRILLIONS for, at best, 2% of our energy needs.
CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) for automobiles has issues too. Primarily in the size of the fuel tank. The Honda Civic GX (CNG) tank takes up most of the trunk space and only provides 1/2 the driving range of the gasoline driven counterpart. And that range requires the CNG to be compressed to 3600 psi. Getting more range would either eliminate the trunk space all together, or require compression to 10,000 PSI or more.