The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry—but those plans are a lot more likely to stay on track when you're T. Boone Pickens.

The 80-year-old Texas oil tycoon rolled out his Pickens Plan for energy independence last summer, pumping in $58 million of his own money to promote the cause of easing America's reliance on high-priced foreign fossil fuels. And despite the staggering drop in the price of oil last fall, along with the collapse of credit markets during a major economic meltdown, Pickens is proceeding apace in his campaign to supplant oil with home-grown wind power and natural gas. ...

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