political wind power?

While its true that the Pickens Plan hasnt been endorsed by either candidate, Mr Pickens has spoken to both candidates personally, and his plan generally makes sense. We HAVE to get away from our oil dependency and a case could be made that part of the problem is a shortage of refineries. Mr Pickens DOES own Mesa Oil and would make a lot of money if we switched our focus to natural gas, but I dont have a problem with him making a profit, as long as he doesnt gouge us like Big Oil has. He is putting his money where his mouth is and building a one-billion dollar wind farm in Texas, which could serve as a prototype for others to follow. I assume and hope this plan is being scrutinized carefully by both campaigns and others. According to charts he has shown, we are the Saudi Arabia of wind power. The hot air generated by our politicians could provide half of our energy needs alone, no?