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Every day we plan career moves, holidays, birthdays, retirement - our lives. However as a country we have fallen short on how to plan use of domestic natural energy sources to decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Recently T. Boone Pickens, billionaire, oilman, hedge-fund manager, founder and chairman of Dallas-based BP Capital LLC, announced the "Pickens Plan", a national energy plan that outlines how natural gas and wind power in the US can help cut economic issues related to dependence on off-shore oil and best practices to use environmental resources, such as wind, to help both environmental energy concerns and the US economy. These two main focus areas translate to green - green for the environment and the green at the bottom line.

We couldn't agree more with Pickens when it comes to planning and creating a legacy for others to follow this plan to help the environment and economic concerns. To be sustainable, it's important to look at the resources on hand and determine how to best use and revitalize them to fit current business needs. For example, often times it is easy to overlook a business solution that is in clear view and Pickens points this out in an interview he did with CNN in May when he mentions how surprising it is that the US has not done more with wind regarding an energy solution.

Making major strides to lead his cause, Picken's company, Mesa Power, announced a $2 billion investment as part of a multi-billion dollar plan to build the world's largest wind farm in Pampa, Texas. He talks about harnessing power from thousands of wind turbines in this wind corridor to distribute power across the country via electric power transmission lines and fuel power plants in large population hubs. By fueling these plants with wind, the natural gas that would have been used can be used in place of foreign oil as fuel for motor vehicles. With this replacement, Pickens notes it would be possible for the US to save more than $230 billion a year.

Doing something different creates change and makes opportunities - again in both saving the environment and the bottom line. Where at The Refinishing Touch we know it's important to create change and opportunities for our customers by helping them review their current assets to improve what they have on hand so they can save on their bottom line and save the environment. We applaud Mr .T Boone Pickens and all others that speak on behalf of the environment and with the aim of changing fundamental attitudes and ways of thinking. The status quo must be changed.

Labels: Green, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Power