Well, the most infuriating thing abut this whole mess is that there is a scientific consensus that we're in the middle of a disaster, but the business and political class don't want to hear about it. And given the choice between cornucopianism and frugality, people choose cornucopianism.

In human terms we've been there before: Europe's 14th century. In cultural and ecological terms, we haven't.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?