Letter: Capitalism fails when costs are hidden

Why is there such controversy over energy choices when we’ve got this wonderful system called capitalism? Capitalism performs a vital service to humanity. It takes a miasma of human emotions and the reality before us and converts it into dollars, whereupon otherwise intractable problems that we only bicker about and get nowhere become more manageable.Capitalism is wonderful. But remember, capitalism is only as good as its accountants are honest. When capitalism makes a mess, it's almost al