TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has taken the pledge
- the energy pledge that is.

The governor announced Monday that she has signed T. Boone
Pickens' energy independence pledge and supports the Texas oil
billionaire's call on the next president and Congress to deliver a
comprehensive energy plan in the first 100 days of the next
administration.

Sebelius introduced Pickens at a July town meeting in Topeka,
where he started his national tour touting his plan to cut the
country's dependence on foreign oil.

He wants to put up wind turbines from Texas to North Dakota,
including Kansas, to replace power produced from natural gas. The
freed-up natural gas then could be used to power vehicles now
reliant on gasoline and diesel.