After Ezra used the martian metaphor earlier, Dave Roberts writes an excellent column about how bizarre our "preferred" energy solutions are:
If you were the proverbial Martian, visiting our planet todispassionately assess our options, what would you find most promising?
Would it be nuclear power? "Clean coal"? Ethanol? You'd only decideon those options if you happen to be an uncommonly gullible Martian (orone in the pay of big industry—but more on that later).