Bookmark this article, it's a bit long for the middle of the work day but definitely worth reading. I guarantee you will disagree with about half of what you see and think the other half is "obviously" true.
(which half will be different for every reader, our visitors literally range from crypto-fascists to avowed Marxists [I've gotten emails from both], with most folks somewhere in the middle)
Tough love from Mother Jones:
Myth #1
Energy Independence Is Good
Myth #2
Ethanol Will Set Us Free
Myth #3
Conservation Is a "Personal Virtue"
Myth #4
We Can Go It Alone
Myth #5
Some Geek in Silicon Valley Will Fix the Problem
Myth #6
Cut Demand and the Rest Will Follow
Myth #7
Once Bush Is Gone, Change Will Come