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Pickens in a pickle: He embraces progressive policies but not progressive politicians.

Posted on August 28, 2008

I interviewed the billionaire conservative oilman for Salon. My article and the interview are now online here. My goal was not to trip him up with the flaws in his plan, but just explore some of the key issues, especially the role of government in making it happen.Talking to him it is clear he is very genuinely concerned about the impoverishment we face on our current laissez-faire energy path a $10 trillion transfer of weath from Americans to rest of the world over the next decade, ending with $300 a barrel oil.But I simply couldn't get him to acknowledge that or all his claims that his...

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