I like how Boone Pickens' is marketting it- he appeals to the nationalism by referencing the 'foreign oil' bit, but instead of drilling for more oil, he provides an alternative. He's looking ahead, not just moving away from foreign oil, but moving away from oil period. And it is quite possible.

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