Tumbled Logic

blech:

The Econmist’s cover for Aug 8th 2009. What a lovely way to cheer me up in the morning. Here’s the editorial:

Britain, the only big west European country that could have joined the oil producers’ club OPEC, the country that used to lecture the world about energy liberalisation, is heading towards South African-style power cuts, with homes and factories plunged intermittently into third-world darkness.