The Virtual March on Washington for Energy Independence, April 1-3.

Today is the first day of the three day Virtual March on Washington, organized by T. Boone Pickens, to promote the Pickens plan to get America off of foreign oil and onto new cleaner forms of energy.  The Pickens plan, in a nutshell involves increasing electric transmission capacity to bring wind power onto the grid and replace gasoline burning cars with those running on natural gas or, for lighter uses, electricity.

While opinions vary on whether there is enough natural gas in the US at an affordable price to ultimately replace foreign-imported oil, there is no doubting Pickens' energy and passion to promote his cause--or his ingenuity in using diverse media from television to Facebook to Twitter and partnerships with the NAACP, Rock the Vote, Ted Turner, AWEA and others--on its behalf.

If you haven't seen the commercials, you can learn more about the Pickens plan and the virtual march at www.pickensplan.com.