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Climate Activists – Don't Disrupt Us

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Climate Activists – Don't Disrupt Us

 

(True story.  We have shut down our coal-fired power station)

 

Climate activists here in my city

Are causing disruptions all round

We've already reduced our emissions

We've closed our efficient power supply down

 

We're paying for the cost of this closure

With outages of power cut at will

Disrupting daily life when this happens

As well as paying more for our bills

 

So activists please don't disrupt us

Instead go upset other gears

India, and China, the US

They haven't seen the sky there for years

 

Don Matthews October 2019

 

 

◄ Thalia and I

Edna (Stavely Makepeace 1970) ►

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 15th Oct 2019 15:31

Check that Greece is using huge coal reserves to offset its
disastrous economy costs by reducing imports of fuel. Is Extinction
Rebellion to be seen there?

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Don Matthews

Tue 15th Oct 2019 09:37

Thanks Brian. 'Reduced' flows better.

<Deleted User> (18980)

Tue 15th Oct 2019 09:23

Don - the last line is great.

A little tinkering would make it bounce along better e.g. replace 'diminished' with 'reduced'.

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