"Sickly Shade of Green"

My memory may be playing up
But I'm not sure that it is
Are you one of those 'greenie' types
Taken in by the environmental swizz?
You did what you had to do
Showing us the lead
Recycling bags and bottles
Ahead of lazy greed.
The future of our planet
Just like your fuel backfired
And earth will be as washed-up
As a dump like the Isle of Thanet.
Were you one of those who went diesel
Spuring the polluting petrol pump
Pretending it was environmental
Instead of avoiding a price jump?
I'll play the gullible type
And pretend it wasn't the money
So you've got to scrap your vechicle
I think it's real funny.
Doing the right thing
Was your ironic factor
Now you're polluting more
Than a giant 'Chelsea Tractor'!
Scrap your motor or
The congestion charge will double
But if it saves the planet
Tell me what's the trouble?
If you're genuine about our planet
And want to save us from climate change
Give it a rest and stop bleating
If a new car's out of your range.

Dulwich Poet 6th August 2014

(This is about the green environmentalists whose' caring' has backfired a bit. I'm sure that diesel motors were once pushed as being the better way, but now they are pure evil, and the Mayor of London is calling for the £10 congestion charge in London to be doubled for diesel cars)