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Eco Friendly Vehicles

ECO FRIENDLY VEHICLES

There are  problems with eco-friendly  - among others
It is friendly for us but not for our brothers.
A rich man  often secretly  stands  on a beggar  -
Gasohol is often mixed from gasoline and cane sugar:
Great for conserving oil  but oh-oh the strain 
On forests of Brazil, cleared to  grow sugar cane.
Solar panels on car-roof soak up sun : no pollution – nothing finer
But the panels are made in  smoke-belching factories in China.
Long-life rechargeable batteries  for a non-sunny day?
You guessed it, made in sweat-shops in Bangladesh by children who don’t play,
(To keep the cost low and affordable for us)
Why not sell the eco-car and take the eco-bus?
I guess the only really eco-friendly vehicles might be
Wooden wheelbarrows made from trees which died naturally;
Horse-drawn carts, with fertilizer-producing horsepower;
Hot-air balloons with sun-heat (as long as there’s no shower);
And olden-days   sailing ships, although England’s forests  green
Disappeared to  make sure that the olden seas were pristine.

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Written for  Robb  A. Kopp's  Contest  "Eco-friendly  Vehicles".

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Gary Fields

Date: 6/16/2011 4:58:00 AM

There, you have made mention and said it all, In the anuals' of Poetry, have I ever received such a vivid description on such an non-descript notion of venture, Thought provoking, it simulates' a love marriage gone to the brink on steroids. Follow this line and give an updated, update! If not for the sake of poetry, then just for my own poetic curiosity........Who know's what I am thinking! Keep the write-up, Up! Your friend in the pen/G,FIELDS