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A song about the alternative government's energy policy (in 2024!!), based on 'Blame it on the Boogie' by the Jacksons.
Well Peter's got a new plan, he's worked as hard as he can
To make it look like policy for net zero
He was walking through IKEA, when he got a great idea
Modular, in flatpacks set to go
Don't stake it on the sunshine
Don't stake it on the wind-blow
Don't stake it on the hydro
Stake it on the atom.
Don't stake it on the sunshine
Don't stake it on the wind-blow
Don't stake it on the hydro
Stake it on the atom.
You get a small reactor, give it the x-factor
Ignore all the detractors, say it’s cheap as chips
String ’em all together, in every kind of weather
Don’t talk to us about economics
Don't stake it on the sunshine
Don't stake it on the wind-blow
Don't stake it on the hydro
Stake it on the atom.
Don't you stake it on the sunshine
Don't stake it on the wind-blow
Don't stake it on the LCOE
Stake it on the atom.
I just can't, I just can't, I just can't control spreadsheets
I just can't, I just can't, I just can't control spreadsheets
I just can't, I just can't, I just can't control spreadsheets
I just can't, I just can't, I can't understand spreadsheets
Sunshine
Don't stake it on the wind-blow
Don't stake it on the hydro
Stake it on the atom.
Don't stake it on the sunshine
Don't stake it on the wind-blow
Forget Snowy 2.0
Stake it on the atom.
Nuance is complicated, and getting quite outdated
And good misinformation is the highest art
When challenge we are facing, the goal that we are chasing
Is looking like we're doing something smart
Don't stake it on the sunshine
Don't stake it on the wind-blow
Don't stake it on the hydro
Stake it on the atom.
Don't listen to the CSIRO
or the hippies at AEMO
Just listen to the Centre for
Independent Studies
(Sunshine) Hoo!
(Wind-blow) No
(Hydro) Mmm
(Atom) You just gotta
(sunshine) No-hoh-hoh
(Wind-blow)
(Hydro) Too slow
(Atom) Yeah get building
(Lithgow) You just gotta
(Tarong) You just wanna
(Loy Yang) Yeah, oh
(Atoms!)
Put one in Liddell (Protons)
One in Port Augusta (Neutrons)
But nothing close Dayboro (Oh no)
Oh no (atoms!)
It's a whole new Frontier (small and)
Talk about that baseload (modular)
Fill it with a payload (here's a picture)
Dreaming all night long (atoms)
We've done all the numbers (sunshine)
Got them to add up (wind-blow)
Took a bit of tweaking (hydro)
Atoms, atoms, atoms... (atoms)
Lyrics by Dean Lombard, Mark Henley and Gen Taylor (based on lyrics by Mick Jackson, Dave Jackson and Elmar Krohn).
Music by Mick Jackson, Dave Jackson and Elmar Krohn.
Vocals, instruments, recording, mixing and mastering by Dean Lombard.
- Genre
- Comedy