T. Boone Pickens....asshat of the decade

Since T. Boone Pickens jumped on alt-energy (wind for electricity and nat gas for cars) everyone has been singing his praises (I think Cramer even called Boone a "patriot" on his show).

Let me make this clear: T. Boone is an a-hole and a self-serving narcissist who's short sighted policies would end up destroying America.

That's right! T. BOONE'S POLICIES WOULD PHYSICALLY DESTROY AMERICA! Not help it!

In a nutshell:

1) T. Boone's wind farms would cripple our energy grid.

Way to go ass-clown (talking to you Boone!). You built a wind farm but did nothing to help transport all that energy. You are going to overload our already ailing energy grid. This is what economists call a market externality....everyone else suffers because T. Boone decided to be a "mavericky" dick.

The New York Times, "Adding electricity from the wind and the sun could increase the frequency of blackouts and reduce the reliability of the nation’s electrical grid."

The potential fiasco can be filed under the name of plans which are too good to be true. Wind energy that destroys it own means of transportation.

2) T. Boone's nat gas solution for cars will blow up in our faces....literally!

Is Boone an Al-qaeda sleeper cell? I genuinely want to know because this idea about using compressed natural gas could result in a much larger 9-11 catastrophe. Ironic considering Boone praises his plan as solving our national security concerns as well. Asshat indeed.

Hughes said natural gas production in the United States, which had been falling for years, did rise recently after new discoveries in shale in Texas, but he wasn’t optimistic those new supplies could keep up with demands.

“If you didn’t drill any new wells, [production would drop] 32 percent,” Hughes said. “Shale gas probably needs $8 [natural] gas in order to have a decent rate of return. … I think that Pickens is probably blowing smoke.”

To keep up with a new demand for natural gas, now at $6.50 per thousand cubic feet, the United States may have to import more liquefied natural gas from overseas, which is currently selling for $16 in Japan and South Korea.

Perl said the bottled natural gas carried on ships is so explosive that flights into Boston’s Logan International Airport must be halted until the ships can release their cargo.

“You’re going to have to liquefy it and put it in on a ship that has the explosive power of the Hiroshima bomb.” Perl said. “One terrorist attack on those ships would destroy the city of Boston.”

There you have it. T. Boone's "Patriotic" solution would cripple our energy grid and destroy the city of Boston. Give this guy a medal for largest asshat ever.