Pickens to the Rescue!

Next only to perhaps H. Ross Perot, T. Boone Pickens has recently become my favorite eccentric Texan billionaire.

If he does half as much good as Perot, the country will owe him a debt of gratitude.

Buid, McCain, Build!

I'm glad to hear that McCain has advocated the construction of 45 new nuclear power plants to help address the high price of energy. With gas at $4 per gallon, I'm willing to bet that the public will be ready to embrace nuclear power in a way that they haven't before.

Furthermore, I think that McCain is uniquely well-positioned to advocate an expansion of the country's nuclear facilities. As a long-time supporter of alternative energies, McCain can effectively rebut the Democrats' idea that nuclear and renewable energies cannot co-exist as alternatives to oil. Why can't we both increase our use of nuclear power and expand tax credits for renewable energy?