1. And how did it come to eclipse the idea of simply slapping a tax on energy consumption that befouls the public square or leaves the nation hostage to foreign oil producers?
它又是如何使得能源消费税的主意黯然失色呢？简单给能源消费附加税收的想法，导致了广场游行，并使得整个国家沦为外国石油生产商的人质。
2. Energy comsumption that befouls the public square or leaves the nation hostage to foreign oil producers:这个 that从句是energy consumption
的定语。污染了公共广场或导致国家沦为外国石油产商人质的能源消费。