Complementing Wind

I'm quite excited about the possibility of augmenting Pickens' wind farms with facilities that might utilize vertical farming to create local produce markets and biofuels. As I understand it, T. Boone's primary goal is to increase domestic production (thereby reducing foreign consumption).

I'm currently liking the idea of evangelizing some combination of the following technologies /in concert/ with Pickens' wind farm expansion:

Vertical Farms
http://verticalfarm.com/

Valcent (biofuel from algae)
http://www.valcent.net/s/Ecotech.asp?ReportID=182039

and LS9 (genetically created microbes whose waste is fuel)
http://ls9.com/

It seems like fantastic synergy to me. Grow the crops nearer the people (no transport costs), split production between fuel and food stocks (algae for fuel on the lower levels for the cars, veggies up top for the people). You could even split the ground-level -- have a farmer's market on one side and refueling out back.

Anyone have thoughts about taking a more holistic approach like this? Or any other complementary technologies that might feed into this mix?

Would it be better to focus like a laser on just one of these emerging technologies at a time (and is it just crazy to think it might it be possible to combine efforts and actually achieve benefits of scale)?

Just curious to see if anyone else is thinking along these lines. It seems like the candidates are stuck rehashing the same old drilling solutions and tax holidays -and- a potential new age of energy is staring them right in the face.


-- Will