A west wing and a prayer (AP) The former vice president's speech last week calling for a renewable-energy revolution�a "zero carbon" electricity system by 2018�was met with more skepticism than generally greets the environmental ideas of the Oscar and Nobel prize winner. Even his surprise appearance this weekend alongside House speaker Nancy Pelosi at a bloggers' convention in Texas didn't translate into an avalanche of blogosphere praise (though he did get the de rigeur standing ovation.)

The right, of course, pilloried...