Electric vehicles, renewable energy, nuclear fusion - who needs any of those silly "quick fixes/silver bullets", eh? When the fossil-fuelled geopolitical status quo has served us all so well for a century or so..
Just ask a zillion eco-warrior-hating Clarkson Clones and the BBC who created him, paid him almost million a year and gave him his global platform and fame. Vroom Vroom.
Here's the BBC's public service/public servant Clarkson celebrating victory (in an F-15E for instance) in Iraq:
("The Scenic Route to Iraq" - a Top Gear/Foreign Office special)