Justin Twohy

T.Boone Pickens Has a Plan (or a Clue)

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.

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

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

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

Conclusion

Good idea but unrealistic goal Wind companies are exempt from the same

laws as electricity and oil companies

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

Ibid

International Energy Age

Questions

Was T. Boone Pickens idea possible?

How many birds die because of wind power a year?

Answers

No because not economically possible, would take decades not years

Between 1 and 8 per megawatt