Strange (Ecological) Bedfellows?

If the green movement made it's appeal more economic than moral it would certainly find itself in odd company but those alliances could prove essential to their cause. Take T-Boone. T. Boone Pickens is a good ol' boy, born in Oklahoma, raised in Amarillo, Texas, and an oil man through and through. Those are his words and the words of my director/friend whose family grew up with 'T-Boone' and had the fiscal prescience to invest in his company, Mesa Petroleum. (Early retirement is always a nice gift to get from friends. Hint, hint.)

Anyways, T-Boone is now pushing a new energy plan that incorporates wind and solar resources and diminishes the dependency on oil. What's the deal? Trust that it's not totally altruistic (he has invested significantly in wind and solar energy initiatives) but just because you can make money from it doesn't make it or you evil. His presentation may not be as exciting as out-takes from I survived a Japanese Game Show but if you sit still, and stay awake, long enough you may just learn something. And as nice as T-Boone may sound with his patented southern drawl, don't forget he practically invented the hostile takeover so don't make him strong-arm you into solar, son!

[Update: If you think modern wind turbines aren't attractive or aesthetically interesting, maybe we could rig these for energy instead of grain. I can definitely see them doting the countryside in Pennsylvania and maybe even a couple in Central Park. They can generate energy and serve as tourist attractions. And after all, the Dutch did pioneer settlement of the "New World" (historic architectural relevance), are experienced in harnessing wind power, and on another note, build better levees. Yes, I had to throw that in.]