Heads in the Sand

The charity Global Witness have just released their report Heads in the Sand, which questions government's confidence that supplies of oil will be sufficient to keep us steadily climbing on our current ascent to health, wealth and happiness.They question assumptions behind some of the IEA's predictions, and the report is likely to fan the flames from ITPOE's Oil Crunch report in 2008.

There's an activist irony to the report's cover, which means that it's strident cover will put off many of those safe, secure policy makers, planners and budget holders who most need to read the report. Nevertheless, an important and timely addition to the increasing weight of evidence to back the need for radical planning, change and action.