President Obama to embrace Pickens plan, push for natural gas vehicle incentives

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 



WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will effectively join the Pickens army Wednesday when he calls for switching more U.S. vehicles to natural gas — and off oil.
Obama has been inching toward support for Dallas investor T. Boone Pickens’ proposal to convert the country’s heavy-duty trucks to run on natural

Dave Michaels reports: http://dallasne.ws/foehTP

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Permalink Reply by Bud on March 31, 2011 at 1:44
This does not seem to be consistent with his recent statement on energy that said the same old stuff about green energy initiatives.  I hope he does call for a switch to natural gas.  It would be the first thing he has done since he has been in office that makes any sense regarding energy policy.
Permalink Reply by VSC DeSoto South on March 31, 2011 at 2:15

I just heard clip of a speech President Obama gave yesterday where I clearly heard him say he wants the U.S. to go in the direction of mofre use of Natural Gas, amongst other energy sources. 

It is about time.

I will be happy to see the follow through though.

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