Joined-up thinking?

Is it just me... or is there a significant lack of joined up thinking or is there something odd going on?

It is now impossible to buy standard incandescent light bulbs in the UK because they use too much electricity and the government has decided in their wisdom to ban them and force everyone to buy the much more expensive low-energy bulbs.

Now counter this with the news that the UK government is going to offer everyone £5000 to buy an electric car... which of course uses a lot more electricity than a petrol or diesel driven one. Perhaps the electricity saved by the light bulbs will power the cars! Doubt it though...

In 2012 the analogue TV signal will be completely deactivated in the UK meaning that everyone will either need a digital TV or a set-top box. I understand that digital TVs use more electricity than an analogue one and certainly a set-top box will use more than a "no set-top box"...

Counter all this with the news from the current generation of power stations are just about to draw their pensions and unless someone does something quickly and we start building new (nuclear) power stations the UK will very soon run out of generating capacity.

Machiavelli or cock-up?