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Transcript: T. Boone Pickens` Plan to Save American from Foreign Oil
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- 60 Minutes (CBS)
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- October 26, 2008
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Charlie Rose
60 Minutes (CBS)
10-26-2008
ROSE: If you`ve been watching television lately, chances are you`ve seen a white-haired Texas oil man promising he can save America from foreign oil by using wind power, solar energy, and domestic natural gas.
That`s T. Boone Pickens, and he`s playing the role of pioneer and provocateur in a massive national campaign warning of an energy crisis as dire as the current financial one. He says he has a solution, a plan that might sound unrealistic in the current economic climate, but one he hopes will be good for the country and good for Boone Pickens.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can I have a picture with you?
T. BOONE PICKENS: Sure can. ...