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Not Credible: T. Boone Pickens Floods Online Poll With Votes, Brags About Results |
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Around the end of December, the American Consumer Institute, which appears to be a fly-by-night anti-regulation group, posted a poll about The Pickens Plan on their website.
The official Pickens Plan account at the Ning Social Network page immediately posted a link to the poll, practically begging the (175,000+) members of the group to show their support by voting.
The American Consumer Institute is hosting a poll asking the public if they support Pickens Plan.This is an excellent opportunity to show that we do!
Please take a moment and participate in the poll. You can add your vote by clicking here.
Thank you!
Three weeks later, when the results came in, there weren’t many surprises:
Over the last couple of weeks, we asked our readers whether they supported the Pickens Plan to achieve energy independence. And, here are the final results:
* 95% YES (902 votes)
* <1% NO (8 votes)
* 4% Partially Support (34 votes)
* <1% Undecided (2 votes)Based on these results, our readers overwhelmingly support the Pickens Plan.
Imagine that. Not to be outdone, the flacks at the Pickens blog followed up immediately with American Consumers’ Support for the Pickens Plan: Overwhelming!:
The organization “The American Consumer” did a survey to test support for the Pickens Plan. According to its website, 95% of those responding said they supported the Pickens plan in full.Another four percent support portions of the Pickens plan.
Just one percent of those responding disagreed with the Pickens Plan or were undecided
This is intentionally misleading. Pickens has a bad habit of intentionally misleading people about the nature of his plan. Here are a few examples:
- For the Pickens Plan to Work, People Have to Misunderstand It
- Pickens Still Wants Cars to Run on Natural Gas
- Boone Pickens Caught in Several More Lies on Frontline
- Reducing Dependence on Foreign Oil Through Domestic Wind and Solar
- T. Boone Pickens Caught in Two Lies in One Short Interview
- 10 Truths T. Boone Pickens Doesn’t Want You to Know about the Pickens’ Plan for California
You forgot another very important part — it is an unscientific WEB poll. Not exactly something to draw any conclusions from.
Good point. I figured that went without saying.
It is disappointing that you have chosen to oppose and misrepresent the Pickens Plan and to malign to publicly. Some of those who have chosen to support it do not quite understand that it will take some time to make it effective. But at least it is a plan.
I have been in contact with my state’s representatives; 2 senators and a congressman. They are equally ignorant and obstructionist.
The plan clearly states it will take 10 years to implement. It clearly states that it will require infrastructure alterations. It clearly states that it is only the beginning of a comprehensive solution.
So try to read and understand the Plan before you drum up opposition to it. Or simply continue the ideological practice of condemning a plan because it it not yours and because you do not like the person (maybe “swift boating” is at work here).
But let us be clear; it is a plan that will work and it is a plan that will work now. The technology is in place and requires implementation. Research is not needed.
V. H. Hammontree, D. Min.