Well, apparently wind power. Or at least they could. This week the Texas oil man said his plans for a wind-energy farm are now delayed. He has 687 wind turbines and leases on about 200,000 acres in the Panhandle that were to be used for the project but needs a way to transmit the energy. There had been reports that he was canceling the project and looking for smaller partnerships to create such farms elsewhere.
Should that happen, The Chronicle of Higher Education suggests Pickens talk to colleges. Hundreds of universities and colleges have launched sustainability efforts -- including UTA, SMU and UNT -- some of which include exploring alternative energy sources. In May, UTA's newly hired sustainability director Kathryn C. "K.C." Poulos told me one of her top goals upon arriving this summer would be to meet with Pickens to discuss how the university could be involved in alternative energy efforts.
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