Style council..

I have a problem with running styles.  Not mine per se, but the debate between what is called 'barefoot' running and old fashioned 'traditional' running.  Not that traditional running is 'traditional', but that it is traditional in relation to barefoot running, which (if you believe the argument/hype) is what we have always done, and therefore it, and not traditional running should be called traditional.  There, clear now?
I'm not going to bore you with all the detail, there's plenty of other websites for that, but basically the argument is that human beings are designed to run landing on their forefoot, not their heel, and since the 70s, running shoes have reinforced the heel landing bit by producing various technologies to help absorb the shock of that action - with foam, rubber, air, gels and the like.  When doing this, the shoe design exaggerated the front to back fall by up to 12mm or so, thereby preventing the forefoot option anyway.  Now, some studies have shown that this heel strike style is bad for all sorts of things including slowing you down, and developed theories to push the forefoot option.  The biggest issue for me is my dodgy knee - I pronate when landing with my right foot, sending my knee off at the wrong angle.  I correct this by consciously keeping my leg straight when landing, but it's not a perfect solution because it still refuses to keep pointing the right way even after a few months. ..and so I a wondering if the forefoot strike option would sort this out, or at least minimise it.  I have read quite a few articles on forums, manufacturers websites, Youtube videos and the like without getting a definitive view.  The only conclusion I can draw is that it's OK for some, not OK for others, which is no help for me, especially when most say you have to take some months before you get used to it.
So, my latest thinking is I take a visit to the local running shop and see what they say.  They should come across every type of runner so should have a good cross-section of views and advise accordingly.  I hope.
I did manage 7 miles last night - it's good running in the light but the wind was very cold.