Environmental Thoughts

I'd like to meet an environmentalist so maybe I could find,
the answers to the questions that keep running 'cross my mind.
Maybe they would be so kind to explain it all to me,
how are enery bulbs so damn good, since they're filled with mercury ?

You can't throw them in the garbage they must be recycled and,
if one breaks, pick it up, but make sure there's a glove upon your hand.
Cause if you don't, the mercury, is going to make you sick.
I have a feeling that is not an option you would pick.

What if by some chance one breaks that you do not know about,
you'll be in deep do-do if you don't let the vapors out.
They took it out of thermometers because it was so bad,
but if you put it in energy bulbs I should feel glad ?

Tell me why you don't want us to drill for the oil we have on hand.
Instead we give money to the Middle East 'cause drilling here is banned.
There's enough oil in the U.S. to last two thousand years,
maybe you could explain to me what are your biggest fears?

With the economy the way it is, wouldn't it be nice,
when we filled up our cars with gas it would be half the price.
I don't understand why our government backs up your request.
You would think that they would reject it and try to do what's best.

Why don't the oil companies put up a bigger stink?
They would probably make a bigger profit, don't you think?
I hope someone can answer these questions that I pose,
but these would not be the solutions I would have chose.