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1 Justin Twohy T.Boone Pickens Has a Plan (or a Clue)

2 T. Boone Plan to use wind to replace Natural Gas  Plans to use Natural Gas to replace 33% of US Oil 2008 Order $2 Billion in Wind Turbines from GE  4000 MW Plant in the Panhandle of Tx.

3 Problems Coal Regulations Increased leading to an increase in gas powered plants From 1997 to 2008 Gas fired plants increased by 64% in the US and by 75% Globally

4 Problems Cont To Replace 33% of oil natural gas would have to equal 4.25 million barrels of oil a day NGV (Natural Gas Vehicles) use 1500 gallons of gas equivalent per year  To replace the 4.25 million barrel the us need 43 million NGVs that 27 Million more than the worlds NGV Fleet

5 Birds In 2009 Exxon Mobile fined $600,000 for killing 85 birds over a five year period PacifiCorp fined $1.4 million for killing 232 eagles over two year period Wind Companies get a pass  One California Wind farm Killed 2400 raptors and 7500 other birds a year  Estimated 1 to 8 birds killed per megawatt hour of wind power per year

6 Conclusion Good idea but unrealistic goal Wind companies are exempt from the same laws as electricity and oil companies

7 Resources Alameda County Community Development Agency, ”Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area Bird Fatality Study,’ July 2008 Bryce, Robert,” Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future”, Public Affairs. 2010 Energy Information Administration, "Natural Gas Navigator”, http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n3045us2a.htm http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n3045us2a.htm Ibid International Energy Age

8 Questions Was T. Boone Pickens idea possible? How many birds die because of wind power a year?

9 Answers No because not economically possible, would take decades not years Between 1 and 8 per megawatt


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