CARBON

i was on tv this week
my little bro spotted me in my dirty brown jacket
on midlands today of all programmes
unfortunately i wasn't up on stage
belting out corporatocra$y
(check out the first link on the right)
nah
no such luck
i was marching
on a 'cut the carbon' rally
organised by christian aid
representing friends of the turf
getting people to sign postcards to send to their mp
asking the government to set carbon reduction targets
needed for the human race to survive
instead of pandering to big business
which doesn't seem to care
whether or not the whole damn ship sinks
interestingly
a lot of people i spoke to
hadn't the foggiest who their mp was
or said they were 'moving house'
my other job was to video marchers
explaining why they had joined the rally
so that the video link could be uploaded
and sent to their mp
(the one they didn't know the name of)
but most were reluctant
and actually i didn't wanna hassle em too much
cos this march sure attracted a whole lotta hangers-on
handing out their leaflets
asking ya to buy their radical newspapers
and i'm ashamed to say
that the worst gate-crashers were the vegans
with their placards denouncing christian aid
saying stuff like: a meat-eater can't be an environmentalist
a sure way to piss a lot of people off
one thing i've learnt is that evangelising don't work
it just puts people's backs up something rotten
lead by example
but avoid evangelising
anyway
if you're interested in all the climate change malarkey
and wanna read something well-argued with a positive slant
you could do worse than get your hands
on a copy of heat by george monbiot
according to george's detailed calculus
the uk has gotta cut its carbon emissions 87% by 2030
now there lies a challenge...
time to walk home now
i'd get on me bike
but i ain't got one yet...