# Pickens fudges his numbers

**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/pickens-fudges-his-numbers/1227
**Category:** EV Small Talk
**Created:** [June 10, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/pickens-fudges-his-numbers/1227 "2009-06-10T17:58:27Z")
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### Author: ![Sandeepmop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@Sandeepmop](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Sandeepmop)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/pickens-fudges-his-numbers/1227/1 "2009-06-10T17:58:27Z")

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If any of you have been following the debate between Fred Smith and T Boone Pickens regarding the relative viability of PHEV vs Natural Gas Cars, you’ll really like this article. It shows Pickens has been citing false statistics (or just making a big mistake) from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

[Mr. Pickens’ numbers are wrong - The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics](http://www.theseminal.com/2009/06/10/mr-pickens-numbers-are-wrong/)

Happy to find an EV forum!

Sandeep