# Let's transform energy -- with natural gas

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2012
- Speaker: T. Boone Pickens
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Economics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/t_boone_pickens_let_s_transform_energy_with_natural_gas)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The US consumes 25% of the world's oil -- but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil-free future? After losing $150 million investing in wind energy, Pickens suggests it isn't, not yet. What might get us there? Natural gas. After the talk, watch for a lively Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson.

## Lectures

1. [Let's transform energy -- with natural gas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/t_boone_pickens_let_s_transform_energy_with_natural_gas/73c0d99b2cb1), 20 min (TED's player)