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Fossil Fuelled

digging up the past burying the future~ making excuses ***

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/16/2020 1:44:00 AM

"burying the future" - so many do this, preferring to dig up the past. I have never figured it out.

John Watt

Date: 9/24/2020 2:11:00 PM

Nice one PT, I like your wordplay and your pointed message. The Governor of California just announced that as of 2035, no internal combustion vehicles are to be sold in the state.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 9/22/2020 7:57:00 AM

Yes, that can indeed be a side effect.

Christopher Flaherty

Date: 9/17/2020 1:44:00 PM

Live today Burn tomorrow

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 9/14/2020 6:40:00 PM

Exactly write. Profound.

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 9/14/2020 9:39:00 AM

Digging up the past -imagine all that irreplaceable coal for fuel - polluting the atmosphere and bringing about climate change. Burying the future - how long can it last. Making excuses so that we can carry on digging up the past. HUGS, jENNIFER Clever and spot on. Hugs, Jennifer.

Duke Beaufort

Date: 9/14/2020 3:49:00 AM

Yes, love it. It took millions of years to bury all the carbon, and we shall undig it in only a couple of hundred. Pretty dumb. The problem is that some people are getting by doing this and others are getting very rich. They don't want their gravy train to end, and they are unwilling to transfer to another train.

Nette Onclaud

Date: 9/12/2020 10:24:00 PM

ohh, aren't we guilty of this sonetimes, vie?... your beautiful soul reflects once more...huggs

Anna Hopper

Date: 9/12/2020 10:12:00 AM

Such a big, intelligent thought. Such few words needed. You amaze me

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 9/12/2020 7:13:00 AM

Perfect and truthful Senryu. A very succinct thought. ~~

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 9/12/2020 6:00:00 AM

- ... "making excuses" ... some are experts at it - You hit the head on the nail with three short lines ... woow :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

David Kavanagh

Date: 9/11/2020 12:33:00 AM

Wow super Mo you always produce the best ku’s time and time again, this one speaks no cries for itself, will the powers that be heed it, hell no, cheers David