The end of cheap flights, the end of suburbia, more locally produced food – all the usual predictable stuff and frankly the more of this that gets published the more that people – and hopefully governments – will sit up and take notice.

‘Countries that fail to plan ahead, that lag in investing in more oil-efficient technologies and new energy sources, may experience a decline in living standards. The inability of national governments to manage the energy transition could lead to a failure of confidence in leaders and to failed states.’ An important wake up call to our leaders is well overdue. Where did I read that the irony of all this is that the country that is most prepared for all this is…Cuba!? With the US embargo, they’ve been forced to become a self-sustaining economy, cutting back on all unneccessary goods, growing their own food – even planting vegetables on any available patch of land in cities. Viva Cuba!