T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas



http://www.ted.com The US consumes 25% of the world's oil -- but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil-free future? After losing $150 million investing in wind energy, Pickens suggests it isn't, not yet. What might get us there? Natural gas. After the talk, watch for a lively Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com

Comments

  1. I completely agree with pikens we must get rid of imprtation of oil lets keep all of the money here in America. we could convert current vehicles to natural gas it would more than pay for it self not to mention natural gas is way better for a combustion engine
  2. This is the talk that made me stop watching Ted Talks forever.

    And not because of T. Boone Pickens... but because of the virtue signalling asshat that ran up on stage after he was done. It's as if he NEVER listened to any of the talk.

    NEVER have I seen a Ted rep run up and challenge a speaker like this. Ted sucks.
  3. Natural gas is obsolete... Tony Saba
  4. this guy has a chair on the bp hedge fund some may call that conflicted interest
  5. Very good.
    Bet you do not know who Blind Blake was.
  6. 6:17  ...."$90 is the new floor"  ha ha ha ha 
  7. 10:00 ~
  8. Natural gas burns cleaner....but when we mine it we release methane into the atmosphere which is a green house gas and totally negates any benefits from its clean burning properties.  Also breaking up all the shale during the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is known to cause earthquakes.  They're literally playing with fire with this process.  Who knows what's going to happen as they continue to frack the crap out of North America.  He's just another dumb old guy leaving a mess for future generations to clean up.
  9. He speaks like a drug lord.
  10. 3 Trillion 1 Trillion to OPEC 500 Billion to Saudi Arabia 500 Billion to Israel. So where does the other 1 Trillion go? And T. B. We did this already. We went to Crude oil which we had in this country. And within 50 years Big oil was fleecing the American people. And when General Oil was broken they colluded. and placed American oil on the International market to maximize their profits. Costing the American people money again. So what is to prevent Big Gas from doing the same in 50 years?
  11. He's a billionaire who would lie to make even more billions. He couldn't care less about what is good for the US - he only cares about what will make him more billions.
  12. Solar power could dominate and solve our energy needs within a few years if we committed to it. As a result, gas powered vehicles have a very limited useful life. Pickens is an oil guy trying to extend the use of fossil fuels as long as he can. Because of the lies spread about John Kerry's military service in T Boone's Swiftboat political ads, I do not trust anything T Boone says. T is not getting any traction in congress because of those ads too.
  13. Solar probably will dominate energy of the future but that is not to say gas cannot be used in the mean time. Gas powered stations can be very efficient and can also be used in 18 wheeler's . A diverse energy strategy is required and not to put all our eggs in one basket. Fusion, hydro and clean coal will also play a part and when combined with nanotechnology it could create an energy surplus that could then be used for research.
  14. I run 2 cars on CNG Bi-Fuel a 2002 A6 twin turbo and a 2000 Nissan Extara CNG Bi-Fuel 6 cylinder.Update my Home fueling pump and storage system to give me 2-3 Gal an hour filling with a stand by fill of 2 Gal. Here is a video of my Nissan and home filling. I pay 60 cents a Gal of CNG at home filling.I save from $200 to $400 a month in fuel cost. At a rounded off $300 times 12 months is $3600 a year in cash or take home pay back in my pocket. .
  15. And you undeniably invoked pissing into the discussion-what's the matter with you?
  16. I was talking about Mr T when I mentioned Kerry. Your're the one who offered to make Kerry the subject. Solar panels are getting more efficient and cheaper to make all the time. Nanotechnology will make solar extremely efficicient and cheap to make as long as we can stop Big Oil from paying Republicans to undercut their development.
  17. We're not talking about Kerry, we're talking about the everyday lying Mr T. who's paid for Republicans are doing everything they can to discredit solar power which will up end the entire energy industry. Super efficient panels heating and lighting our houses and powering our autos. Solyntra failed = solar panels will fail = Republicans are stupid. If Mr T was born 100 years earlier he would be telling us to invest in his whale oil business.
  18. I love listening to him he is a great speaker.
  19. He says, (I paraphrase) "No one has worked with me except for, very surprisingly, John Kerry." Well, we know why he is surprised, right.? Kerry says "SURE I'll work with you on this, T Boone, I'm going to let bygones be bygones. Kerry agreed to work with Mr. T so he could Swiftboat Mr T's plan from the inside. Five years later and Mr. T's scratching his head. T Boone's too stupid to see what's going on.


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