Pickens pitches plans to shift U.S. away from oil

Wind and natural gas are priorities on list Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens became one of the world's richest people by drilling for petroleum. But these days, he's spearheading a multimillion-dollar push to wean the nation from oil and onto wind power and natural gas. In the past week, Pickens has talked with the Democratic and Republican leadership on Capitol Hill to gather support for his two main proposals: a $1.2 trillion plan to generate much of the nation's electricity through a chain of windmills and a federal mandate to shift Americans away from gasoline-fueled cars and into vehicles fueled by natural gas. T. Boone Pickens is pushing to make the nation less dependent on imported oil. T. Boone Pickens Personal: Born May 22, 1928, in Holdenville, Okla. With a $3 billion net worth, Pickens is the 117th-richest person... [read full story]