Introduction On July 7, 2008, Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens introduced the “Pickens Plan,” an ambitious proposal to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil by one-third over the next ten years.1  The cornerstone of the Pickens Plan is replacing the natural gas now used to … Continue reading The Pickens Plan: Questions Unanswered, by Reece A. Epstein and David A. Ridenour