Transition Song (transitioning away from dirty, dangerous fossil fuels)

It is always a joy to see news that will have real impact towards speeding the green and clean energy revolution , which is undoubtedly well and truly on the way.

 

Recently (May 2026) Ireland, France, Columbia and Tuvalu committed to producing RoadMaps to transition away from Fossil Fuels. The same process is being considered in many other countries (Reported in New Scientist 7^th May 2026 under the heading ‘Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era?’)

 

This is a huge encouragement, even if projected dates for beneficial change would ideally be far more quickly than those featuring in existing plans. As yet, China, US and Russia are not engaged with this process but 57 countries were invited to the transition summit which will apply pressure on countries hitherto disinclined to commit. 

 

To celebrate this encouraging move, Here is a song called ‘Transition Song’, to the well-known and lovely tune ‘How Can I Keep From Singing’.

 

Whilst the song starts with a simple invitation to sing, the second and third verses offer opportunities for many people to become truly engaged with the transition by petitioning politicians to produce ‘road maps’ and reinforce pressure on financial institutions to switch support from dirty dangerous fuels to clean, green energy sources.

 

TRANSITION SONG - To the tune ‘How Can I Keep From Singing’ 

Let’s sing a glad transition song.

for fossil fuels are dying:

clean energy is on the rise:

see foul-fuel backers crying.

Electric cars and air source pumps

and simple solar lighting

are peaceful weapons in a war

humanity is fighting.

 

Make politicians who’d survive

draw road maps to transition,

to eco-energy’s great gift

of healthy earth conditions.

Wind turbines, mighty waterpower

and solar panels righting

the wrongs and ills of dirty fuels.

For this, just keep on fighting.

 

Force bankers and great pension funds

to speed us on our journey,

where energy is only clean

and Earth is truly healthy.

Electric cars and air source pumps

and simple solar lighting,

are peaceful weapons in a war

humanity is fighting.

(c) Trevor Thorn May 2026

 

 

 

 

 

CLIMERICK: Nat West, Your ‘Pragmatic Mid-road’

Good to hear of the disruption yesterday at the Natwest Banking group where the CEO sought to argue that they are being responsible about their support for dirty, dangerous fuels. This Climerick invites all NatWest shareholders to consider how much they want to see a cleaner, more sustainable world.

Nat West, your ‘Pragmatic mid-road’

remains a dangerous mode:

if the Earth is to breathe,

your shareholders must seethe

at all finance for fuels that corrode.

CLIMERICK: Many Countries Are Seeing The Light

Price of Brent Crude since beginning of 2026

published on-line by Hargreaves Lansdown.

It feels extraordinary that war, with all its disastrous and hideous outcomes, might just hasten the green-energy transition. 

The inevitability of that transition had already been forecast by Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of The United Nations in a speech to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly 11^th January 2026. But with the world’s vulnerability to the dirty and dangerous carbon fuel industries, made so much more evident by the vileness of war, strategies that free countries from that stranglehold become increasingly attractive.

This CLIMERICK takes up that theme

 Many countries are seeing the light 

and jettisoning carbon fuels’ blight.

So with this global trend

foul fuel’s grip looks to end

and net zero come well into sight.

CLIMERICK: A War With Oil at Its Heart

Photo credit Business Insider

A war with oil at its heart

makes clear the strangling part

that dirty fuels play

in the world of today.

So come! Boost the Eco-fresh-start.

CLIMERICK: It’s Awesome! More People Are Keen That The world Should Transition To Green

It’s Awesome! More People Are Keen

That the world should transition to green

So if that’s where you stand

You are part of a band

Wanting dirty fuels right off the scene.

 

(Research by Climate Outreach cited in webinar 4.2.26 based on how over 7,000 British people think and feel about climate in culture and entertainment showed that a mjority of those surveyed want the green-transition to become a reality. The surveys were produced in partnership with Wellcome Trust, Cultural Philanthropy Foundation and More in Common, and funded by Wellcome Trust and the European Climate Foundation.)

A CLIMERICK With GOOD NEWS!

GOOD NEWS!

'The green energy transition is now irreversible' quote from Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of The United Nations in a speech to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly 11^th January 2026.

Image by The Digital Artist 

on Pixabay free images

Many countries are seeing the light 

and jettisoning carbon fuels’ blight.

So with this global trend

foul fuel’s grip will soon end

and Net Zero come soon into sight.

 

CLIMERICK: Householders (and/or Homebuilders) Can Hasten The Fall

It really is possible for those contemplating buying or changing household equipment to hasten the end of the dirty fuels era. The first word can equally be ‘home-builders’

Householders can hasten the fall

of dirty fuels, holding in thrall

the fate of the earth,

by giving wide berth

to appliances, gas coal and oil