The Global Warming Hoax?
Written by Steve Wallis
Version 2, 4/12/2007
Dedicated to Max Wallis (my father and scientific adviser to Friends of the Earth)
Oil and gas are running out
It’s a problem, there’s no doubt
If global warming is not really caused by mankind
To a shortage of carbon fuels and uranium we still must find
Tidal power is the best solution
It would work in all weathers and not cause pollution
The world climate changes in cycles
Early humans survived ages with many icicles?
Sometimes it gets hotter, sometimes colder
Big business is getting desperate and bolder
The so-called experts in Friends of the Earth
Including one who conceived my birth
Say that in decades time, it’ll be warmer by one degree
To them, real climate change is a mystery
When socialists write books about history
After the revolution, global warming may be revealed as a story
Used by big business for divide-and-rule
Once again, their most useful tool
Some use low energy light bulbs, some don’t
Some go by aeroplane, some won’t
They want some of us to feel guilty
And to be blamed for climate change misery
One month hot, one month cold
Now floods and droughts are taking hold
Climate change is now a reality
Never before was there such a big tsunami
They build yet more nuclear power stations
They are not really worried about home grown terrorists or those from foreign nations
Maybe they want another Chernobyl in the UK
Near cities so the odd million will die
They’d blame it on terrorists
But it could be an inside job like 9/11
They want to justify a fascist state
Please help us take power first, revolution cannot wait!
Note that I may well have been wrong with the original premise of this song that global warming is not really primarily caused by human activities. On the one hand, there are many vested interests, such as the nuclear lobby and big business generally, who are deliberately using the issue for their own purposes (for reasons expressed above). On the other hand, renewable sources of energy (for which I am particularly promoting tidal power, and not just barrages up rivers but harnessing it around the coastline, as the best solution) are necessary both to reduce the problems of global warming and shortage of fuels including uranium. To avoid taking a position on the premise, but keep the important points that I made in the lyrics, I added a question mark at the end of the title (on the 12th of September 2007).
I have recorded the song as a musical poem, in MP3 format.