NIMBYs


from the ABC set Political Poetry

Windmills now,
Or deserts later?
Newts in the streams,
Or alligators?

Midges and flies,
Or biting mosquitos?
More holiday homes
With wind-power vetos?

"Not in my backyard!
But we must save nature!"
Windmills now, then?
Or deserts later?

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Comments

tcook | November 9, 2009 - 15:10

Here here! I want a wind turbine is my back yard.

C_A_JONEStechno | November 10, 2009 - 14:36

Cheers mate. I want one too but I haven't got a backyard...
CA