Billionaire T. Boone Pickens says the government should establish a federal ` ` investment bank '' In doing focus groups in conjunction with launching the Pickens Plan , the billionaire found that many Americans do n't believe what politicians say about energy . The federally funded loan program would finance large - scale wind developments . Pickens spoke again at the Clean - Air Energy Summit in California . His plan calls for spending $ 150 billion to install wind turbines in the Midwest .
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens says the government should establish a federal ` ` investment bank '' The federally funded loan program would finance large - scale wind developments . Pickens spoke again at the Clean - Air Energy Summit in California . His plan calls for spending $ 150 billion to install wind turbines in the Midwest .