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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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.

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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