I always learn something from your posts Gav. Today I learnt that I am a technocrat :-)

I edited the first sentence under the heading "Technocracy" to remove a surplus 'administer'.

Thanks Phil (on both counts).

The technocrat themes run through a lot of peak oil ideas (not surprisingly given their common origins).

I learned quite a bit researching the piece too, which is why I like doing this stuff...

Today I learnt that I am a technocrat :-)

Ditto. I've always felt that energy accounting is the only reasonable way to control the flow of resources. Perhaps we'll get a chance to implement some of this when we rebuild after the collapse.