A nuanced response to the PickensPlan website, by Chris Tidman.

The Pickens Plan

Plan A Big sales – Big profits

The Pickens team sells Big oil, Big gas, Big windmills in army-sized packages. They sell to Big buyers like Government, so their pitch is to Government. They are not offering oil, gas or windmills in little boxes to individuals or small groups because they do not want individuals to buy anything. - They just need individuals to help them sell the Big plan to Government. Will 1 million players in a population of 300 million be enough?

They will have to move quickly before Government learns that they can generate more energy at less cost with either solar/thermal or bio-gas, and there are better wind generators coming on stream that are cheaper, quieter and don’t kill birds - The high cost and the small amount of energy produced from solar PV has never threatened Government nor any of the organizations like Boone’s, but the push is on for Big boys and Governments to get off oil and keep their power positions.

Plan B

Join the Pickensplan as an individual- create a personal “my page” - become a “group organizer” - and get a free custom “my page”- post your pitch on the free “blog” provided,- participate in forums which advertises your name and encourages people to look you up and read your bio – and make lots of friends.

An organization, (within an organization,) attempting to get energy owned/managed by communities instead of nations — i.e. Big boys - would sure change the way things get done.

BTW when you join and they ask where you learned of the PP – don’t put my name down - anyone else will do - no need for them to know we’re on the same team.