Of all the people you might expect to spearhead a movement away from oil and onto alternative energy, T. Boone Pickens probably wouldn’t be at the top of the list.

Earlier this week, T. Boone Pickens, the 81-year-old Chairman of BP Capital, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss the progress of the “Picken’s Plan.”

As of today crude oil prices are down 36% from their July peak.

David Fessler says a fall in global demand is temporarily driving crude lower. But population and income growth will restore global demand for energy soon. This means the US will have to compete with emerging giants China and India for supplies.

David says the only long-term solution is to find cheaper alternative energy sources. When Congress realizes this shares in companies such as Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASDAQ:CLNE) and Vestas Wind Systems (OTC:VWSYF) take off.

It was a joyful day on the Canadian Markets during Friday trading as investors finally showed a little appetite for risk by actually buying some of the more speculative equities.

Billionaire Texas financier T. Boone Pickens‘ BP Capital commodity fund dropped in value by 34% in July, according to figures obtained by the New York Post.

Fortunately for Pickens, he has a plan to move away from volatile oil. It’s called the Pickens Plan. It involves converting US cars to run on natural gas instead of petroleum and devleoping a massive wind farm in Texas.

Floyd Brown at Investment U says Pickens has a history of being in the right place and the right time and profiting handsomely. Floyd has picked four stocks to help you follow Pickens’ lead into natural gas and wind energy…