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Plays on the board. >> exactly. im a cheap guy. >> greg, how would you envision this? you talk about wanting to own the resource on the farm yourself as opposed to leagues the land. its as if instead of growing corn, youre growing windmills. whats the barrier to doing something like that? >> well, i would agree with mr. pickens. it comes right down to price. and, you know, when our biggest utility in the state decided they liked wind energy, they wanted a guaranteed rate of return for their wind...

I would be able to get a guaranteed rate of return for m injure a ratepayer. and drive the customers costs up. but independents like myself dont get to operate under that scenario in the states. >> is there a way to level the playing field so that guys like him can sell electricity? >> i dont know what kind of deal that warren made, im not familiar with the iowa situation. i know this, greg, that you and i both are going to get a chance to make money in the wind at some point, and its not going ...

>> thank you. but weve had -- weve logged a lot of time on this subject, we have. >> yes. >> and its good for america what were doing. it is good for america. it has to be done and it has to be done now. >> i believe it. listen, i look forward to talking with you more about this tonight at the town hall. >> thanks. >> t. boone picken, its been clear that washington simply is not willing to tackle this crisis. at least it hasnt been for decades. thats why we have convened this energy summit, to b...

security. >> obviously the situation in the middle east implicates our energy security. >> steel on wheels, moving the energy debate into the fast lane with ideas to power this country into the future and cross one of those trillion dollar problems off the list in the process. after all our travels across america, the final steel on wheels starts right now. good afternoon to you live from the campus of oklahoma state university. nice to see you. the sun is shiepining and wevet a grea...