The Greenhouse

Back in Sussex it's always a joy to read the local free papers that are crammed through the door while you've been away. Until they tell you that yet more houses are due to be built on your doorstep thanks to SEEDA's latest plans (well, it seems that close sometimes). I forget the exact number now (once you get over a few thousand it just seems like a lot - too many in fact) but the fact that even the local rag had had the wit to juxtapose this latest announcement with the assertion that the planned extra rail capacity would now not be sufficient brought a melancholy smile to my face. Sustainable economy and sustainability in any other form still seem as divorced from each other as ever, at least in the minds of those in positions of power.