More than 800 people gathered at the FARGODOME on August 21 to hear billionaire and oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens talk about his plan to reduce the United States’ dependency on foreign oil. This stop was organized by Tunheim Partners and others and was one of several energy town hall meetings that Pickens has been speaking at across the country to educate the public about the importance of renewable and cleaner energy, also called the Pickens Plan.
Pickens attracted a variety of media outlets from Fargo and the surrounding area, as he detailed how clean natural gas and the placement of wind turbines across the Great Plains will help reduce the outrageous $700 billion the United States is currently spending on foreign oil each year.
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., helped introduce Pickens, who closed his speech with lively questions from the audience and a challenge to the next presidential administration to tackle this issue within the first 100 days in office.
Keep an eye out for other town hall meetings around the Midwest, Pickens’ TV ads and his social sites like Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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