T. Boone Pickens gives a chalk-talk on what the US should do to alleviate the gas “crisis.” The Auto Channel says, “Yeah, what are we waiting for!” Learn more about the Pickens Plan as well as compressed natural gas, wind power, and all other alternative fuels and vehicles at theautochannel.com.

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FACT: There aren’t enough resources on this planet to sustain continued human growth and increasing quality of life. FACT: If we want to avoid catastrophic war, suffering, and global shortages of energy, we need to start looking to space seriously for solutions. Space Based Solar Power is the first step. Music – “Pulse” by Yoko Kanno www.energyfromspace.org

Exclusive video of outspoken oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens delivering an insightful, humorous keynote speech at the 2008 Alternative Fuel and Vehicles Conference and Expo in Las Vegas on May 13, 2008.

With Earth Day passing The Predatory Lender and his team look at Alternative Energy By talking to Elmo Wolverine Marilyn Monroe Lady Gaga Cat Woman Bumblebee Storm Trooper Mad Hatter

At a meeting of the OPEC export countries in Isfahan (Iran) on Tuesday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that the record high price for oil is fake and deliberate, and that the oil market supplies are plentiful, and he blamed the weakening of the US dollar for the skyrocketing prices.The US and other consumers want producers to boost their output but Iran, which is the fourth largest exporter in the world, has said it sees no need to do so. Ahmadinejad suggested that a bank of OPEC members be created to act as a counterweight to US influence in the world. The high price of oil sure looks real if you’re paying for it in dollars. But even if you’re paying for it in Euros or Shekels it still looks real. I wouldn’t characterize it as ‘fake’ and I certainly wouldn’t blame all or even most of the increase on the weak dollar. The price of oil has gone up because of increased demand from industrializing countries like India and China. There are two ways to bring prices back down, each of which essentially comes down to increasing supply. Those ways are directly increasing supply, either through increased sales by OPEC members or by other countries that are new to the market, and indirectly increasing supply by pursuing alternative fuels and energy sources. In the short run, the only thing that is likely to help is increased supply from OPEC. That’s why President Bush pushed the Saudis on the issue during his visit there last month. But in the long run, the other two methods …

March 2 (Bloomberg) — US Energy Secretary Steven Chu talks with Bloomberg’s Peter Cook about the outlook for cap-and-trade legislation. Chu, speaking from the agency’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Innovation Summit, says legislation to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions isn’t dead for the year. (Source: Bloomberg)

Robert Bryce, author of “Gusher of Lies” discusses energy independence with T. Boone Pickens and John Stossel. www.libertypen.com

Kriscan sets out to speak with James Howard Kunstler, author of WORLD MADE BY HAND, THE LONG EMERGENCY, THE GEOGRAPHY OF NOWHERE, and many other fine works of fiction and non-fiction. They chat about topics ranging from candles, kerosene and alternative energy at his home in upstate New York.