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Monday, August 28, 2023

Derek Mackie: My Generation's Wind Moment



I trust The Who would approve of this renewables-inspired version of their classic song, My Generation, critiquing the why, where, when and how of wind power. 



People try to put us …. down 
     Talkin’ ‘bout wind generation 
‘Cause we don’t always spin around 
    Un-pre-dict-able rotation 
Don’t work at all when it’s calm and c-c-cold 
    Useless in tough situations 
Know I’ll die before I get old 
    Low life expectancy duration 

That’s wind generation 
That’s wind generation, baby 

When the wind dies down we …… f-f-fade away 
    Power le-vels near starvation 
When it blows too hard we start to sway 
    Shut ‘em down or devastation 
Think you feel a weird s-s-sensation? 
    Buzzin’s causin' consternation 
That’s v-v-vibration from my generation 
    Qui-ver-ing with agitation 

That’s wind generation 
That’s wind generation, baby 

Emissions free, the Greenies c-c-claim 
    They bury facts in obfuscation 
But my tower, in part from coal it came
    Steel yourself for realisation 
Huge plastic blades, crude oil made me 
    Re-fined during fractionation 
Land-fill’s my final d-d-destiny 
    Add to Nature’s degradation 

That’s wind generation 
That’s wind generation, baby 

When my arms swing round, I …. h-h-hum along 
    Showing my coordination 
But not everyone gets to sing their song 
    Our feathered friends feel trepidation 
Saving the planet is the e-e-expectation 
    Scream ‘n’ shout in adoration 
Collateral damage? That’s bird decimation! 
    Best not disclose this information 

That’s wind generation 
That’s wind generation, baby 

My energy’s low d-d-density 
    Stuff-all power in isolation 
Need lots of me to keep the grid happy 
    A boom in min’ral exploitation 
But even then, when the wind don’t b-b-blow 
    Greens ignore this complication 
Coal, gas and nuclear have to run the show 
    Reliable trumps in-doc-trination 

That’s wind generation 
That’s wind generation, baby 


Wind - wind - wind generation 
  Short - short - life expectation 
    High - high - land utilisation 
      Poor resource optimisation 
        Eye - sore - bad visualisation 

Ooh, that’s wind generation 
That’s wind generation, baby 


Derek Mackie is a former geologist with a keen interest in current affairs and a penchant for satire.

1 comment:

mudbayripper said...

It seems the world is full of crazy people spending their time, being inspired by pictures of lily .

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