[Satire is not politics!]
Exactly, Paul! It used to pee me right off when I lived in England and went to our luxurious new Town Hall, lit up like Trinity Rock Lighthouse 24/24. Council "officers" wading about knee-deep in luxury wool carpets, the heating on full blast, a full-size Otis lift in a 2 storey building{!!}, every possible light on, extravagence no object. Four staff on duty behind the "greeting" desk, [ 2 asleep on standby, one for the telephone. "Have you got an appointment Sir? Our Mr Stalinton is very busy at the moment, he can give you 2 minutes, a week next Thursday when he gets back from looking at the Town's new paving slabs in S. Portugal." ( nb. The Forest of Dean has a local quarry & stone sawyers' Works 3 miles up the road ) ]. Planning Officers straight out of NKVD Training School- [ "The answer is niet ...er... no, what is the question, comrade?" ].
The idea that these profligates, who's idea on saving energy would be to fly a 20 person fact-finding mission 13000 miles to Western Samoa to find out how to do it, is laughable. If they had to fit low-energy bulbs, their response would be to get 1000% more lampholders installed so they don't use less electricity, on the basis that if they reduce costs their budgets will get cut!
Rant over, cleared for landing!
Alan
