After So, who do you think's going to win The Apprentice this year? it's the biggest poser left in late-stage, disposable consumer capitalism: should we accept that oil is a dwindling resource and start weaning ourselves off our dependence on the car, or do we eke out every last drop of the stuff, regardless of where we find it? An easy one for West Sussex Council, who are allowing oil exploration in an ancient woodland against the advice of their own environmental officers:
"We granted permission for oil to be drilled for two reasons: one is that there is a national policy in favour of extracting minerals from the earth where we have them; and secondly because we have struck a deal with the company which will actually see the area of woodland improved when they are finished."
There are only two problems with all this as far as I can see. First, nobody's even sure there's any oil there, so the whole arboricidal killing spree could end up a colossal waste of time. And second, how the hell can anyone "replace and enhance" an ANCIENT woodland??
With a car park, probably. And a humungous Tesco's.
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