If you haven’t heard, T. Boone Pickens has waded into the clean energy debate. He’s leading the charge for wind energy production in Texas and the Midwest as a solution to our foreign oil dependence. It’s a good effort from the conservative movement to get into clean energy, but from a climate standpoint, it’s just where the new line has been drawn.

It’s pretty clear that oil is a political dead-end. With gas prices pinching rural Americans and business, the stalwart backbone of the conservative party is looking for a way out