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Green Crap

Let’s ease up on the green crap,

The climate’s not too bad;

Some summer heat in winter

Should make us feel quite glad.

 

Ditch all the regulations

That pessimists adore;

Give people what they dream of:

More flights, more stuff, more, more.

 

Rev up your petrol guzzlers

And roar down country roads;

Let’s motorise the planet

Through trucks with monster loads.

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Climate Change   COP29   Conspiracy Theories

Alternative Facts

My theory is as good as yours,

I am entitled to my facts.

We both have our opinions

But it's me that the truth attracts.

 

I saw it on the internet;

It’s as valid as your learning.

It says the world is flat and square,

Not round and daily turning.

 

And don’t expect me to believe

All this talk of global heating;

The weather’s always on the change:

Someone sai...

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fake news   Conspiracy Theories   wackos

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