Have you heard of the PICKENS PLAN , a fresh set of ideas on getting America off of foreign oil, from an old oil man. My previous post was also devoted to getting the US independent of foreign energy sources. Pickens offers up two very important components to setting us up to soar to energy independence. Wind power can supply 20% of our electricity needs, with North Dakota having the potential to provide 25% of the country's needs thru wind power! The second component is to switch vehicles to natural gas. We have plenty of it in known reserves with a significant potential from unknown areas. He states this will help us bridge the gap to other renewable resources. I am not a fan of biofuel derived from crops, as I have a problem with a competition between feeding people and fueling our basic needs. I have been watching the developments in solar, fuel cells and magnetics for years and believe they will be the worlds major clean energy suppliers of the future, but until those technologies are viable the PICKENS PLAN is worth serious consideration, to check out the entire plan click on the links.