The Government's long awaited Energy Strategy (here) has a number of problems. No mention of energy efficiency belies thinking that only regards energy consumption as important. As has been said many times, we don't want energy, we want what it brings, the ability to move about, what it can make and comfort against cold (and, increasingly, heat). With such a large percentage of UK energy going on domestic heating, over 40%, and the ever shortening time left before the climate changes catastrophically, you'd think measures to reduce the amount of energy we use would be high on the agenda. Not least because, with some of the leakiest houses in Europe, we start at a comparativley low, and therefore economic, base.

But no. The Government scrapped improvements to the Building Regulations that would have improved efficiences in 2016. Not that they were radical - we would still have been below the best in Europe.

The real problem is that the present Government is acting as if continuously increasing consumption is always good; avoiding cutting it to bring about better comfort, reduce runaway bills and help save the climate, just doesn't come naturally to them.