Imminent failure at Cancun

Well, its bound to happen, isnt it? Too many vested interests and petty jealousies. Lets face it, Governments are never going to give us the CO2 cuts we need to avoid runaway Climate Change.
Kyoto has achieved little other than to get countries talking (and, by definition, letting us all down once a year). Our own Government is overturning what it sees as bureaucratic and expensive regulations for new buildings, failing to address other problems and championing the consistently failing Emissions Trading Scheme.
So...... maybe its time to accept that we have lost this battle and will have to look to adaptation, rather than mitigation, as a survival route. Those of us in this industry maybe need to think about addressing our energy on exactly that. Energy. Carbon is so last week.
We are approaching Peak Energy, almost everyone now agrees so. Rather than finding new forms of energy, lets just reduce our ridiculous consumption. The UK is now a net importer of Gas and Oil and this wont change. We have found oil in the Falklands, but the decision to retire the fixed-wing element of the carrier force means that a serious Argentina could take and keep the islands. Even if we could keep them and transport that oil to the UK, we couldnt guarantee its safety- again because of defence cuts.
So, when we do reach Peak Oil and Gas, those with the resources will sell to the highest bidder- in this case guaranteed to be China as they 'own' most of the West's debt. Lets face it, all we can do is cut our energy use. Lets make our houses use less and ensure people have the ability to achieve Thermal Comfort long after cheap energy is a thing of the past