Recently T. Boone Pickens appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box to discuss the virtual endorsement of the "Pickens Plan" that President Obama had given earlier that week. Amidst the repetition of sensible goals such as "developing our own resources" (that the Administration's policies actually don't achieve), Pickens made an offhand remark that is quite revealing of the mindset of those who want the federal government to centrally plan America's energy sector. Pickens made it crystal clear that if the choice is between affordable energy for consumers, versus the development of newfangled technologies, he will vote against the consumers.
