The Pickins’ Plan website linked at the bottom of this email is the closest I can come to your request but it’s an inactive link. As I said earlier, Pickens did not not write the legislation referenced in this 7/31/2009 email, the politicians did. He promoted the concept that was widely supported on a bi-partisan basis. Here’s the email I received:
I need you to contact your Members of Congress during the August recess
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From the desk of T. Boone Pickens
Dear Army
Its that time of year again and your Members of Congress will be home soon for the August recess. Theyll be attending summer BBQs, holding townhall meetings, and looking for opportunities to hear from YOU! Theres a lot going on and now is the time to keep the dangers of our dependence on foreign oil front and center.
CLICK HERE TO EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT THE NAT GAS ACT TODAY
Were off to a good start in both the Senate and House of Representatives with the introduction of the NAT GAS Act of 2009 (H.R. 1835 and S. 1408)...but we have more work to do. I was in Washington, D.C. just yesterday meeting with several U.S. Senators from both sides of the political aisle talking to them about the NAT GAS Act and why every Member of Congress should support this important piece of legislation.
Like I say, a fool with a plan can beat a genius with no plan. But weve got a plan and its time to put it in place. I was doing my part yesterday and I need your help over the August recess.
CLICK HERE TO EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT THE NAT GAS ACT TODAY
During the Congressional break ask your Member of Congress and your two U.S. Senators to become co-sponsors of the NAT GAS Act and help get us off foreign oil.
If theyve already signed on then thank them because theyre helping America get off foreign oil. If they havent, try to find out why. Either way, let your District Leader know what youre hearing because were a team in this effort.
CLICK HERE TO EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT THE NAT GAS ACT TODAY
As you know, Im for every energy source thats American. But theres only one domestic resource that can get us off foreign oil, and thats natural gas. Its cleaner, its cheaper, its abundant, its American and lastly, its the only domestic alternative fuel available today that can move an 18-wheeler and other heavy-duty trucks.
Whats also amazing about natural gas is that our country’s reserves are not just in traditional energy states such as Oklahoma, Texas, and Alaska, but rather theyre spread out from coast to coast. You’d be surprised to learn what sort of production comes out of Kansas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Alabama. Recent research shows that these deposits have more than 100 years worth of natural gas right here in America. Also, the United States has more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil.
Yes, you read that right. There is MORE natural gas in the United States than Saudi Arabia has oil.
Army Im counting on you to help us push the NAT GAS Act over the finish line.
CLICK HERE TO EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT THE NAT GAS ACT TODAY
Until weve reached energy independence,
—Boone
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Thanks for the information. I’ve have spent some time searching information over the years on the revision to the Pickens Plan from the original. Details are hard to come by but his web site is still active and it still includes wind. They put news updates and the like every month.
One basic item that gives me grief over his plan is from the web site it is easy to find out how to support his plan, it appears impossible to actually find out the details of the plan. The goal is clear, but the implementation is what is important.
That email included reference to NAT GAS Act of 2009 (H.R. 1835 and S. 1408). For a good comparison of what each included at that time, I recommend:
http://www.ngvamerica.org/pdfs/S1408vsHR1835_NATGAS111th_SidebySide_072109.pdf
The only mandate of the Nat Gas 2009 act was force buying of Nat Gas vehicles by federal agencies. It was mostly about subsidies of methane fueled vehicles.
Cheers!