The Energy Group have been in a flurry about a visit to Brighton from the Minister for Energy and Climate Change. I think it's absolutely great that we have a Minister for Energy and Climate Change, recognizing at last how intrinsically both issues are the same, like flames and smoke in a fire. What I don't find so great is that all the Energy Group want to tell him is, at the shortest range, national policy, and big chunks of it are international, with particular emphasis on what China is doing. Surely he's got plenty of control over China. It would be great if there was, instead, something local that we could interest him in, something that could be copied to other parts of Great Britain and maybe the world, but of course we have nothing of the sort, because we've been so busy wanting to fix the whole world first.
To compensate, Saturday was dedicated to the local Action Plan. It was the usual ragbag of people trying to hijack the spotlight, but at least there was some agreement on the idea of organizing a big "Future of Brighton" event. My hope is that this will become a relaunch of Transition, an event that will get some real fresh blood, one of those mythical turning points. I envision something like a huge room packed with people, a slick presentation, some song and dance, and ten bright stars on the stage. After each of them have done a breathtakingly moving performance, the public, who is by now ready to sell their souls, get together and commit to change their lives on the spot. This includes giving X hours of their week to the worthy cause of saving themselves from certain misery, because they know now that energy is not their silent friend any more, and could become a silent killer.
OK, dreaming is free.
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