{"id":2189,"date":"2015-08-11T19:13:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2015-08-11T19:13:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:13:21","slug":"no-money-in-saving-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/no-money-in-saving-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"No Money in Saving Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Drill
Drill for Water or for Oil?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The world in places a desert
\nWhere water does not flow,
\nWater flows down so deep
\nWhere no mere well drilling rig can go.<\/p>\n

Yet out at sea and over land,
\nFor which few men do toil,
\nFrom as deep and deeper still,
\nGreat big rigs drill for oil.<\/p>\n

Could we not adapt this technology
\nWith all our brains and hands…
\nTo stop the drought throughout the world
\nBuild these in desert sands?<\/p>\n

Or is the truth that to water the poor,
\nThere is no money to be made,
\nThey will not admit to it if asked,
\nBut that that is true, I am afraid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world in places a desert Where water does not flow, Water flows down so deep Where no mere well drilling rig can go. Yet out at sea and over land, For which few men do toil, From as deep and deeper still, Great big rigs drill for oil. Could …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[446,232],"tags":[2321,132,2322,2324,12,2320,2323,2325],"class_list":["post-2189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral","category-nature-2","tag-drilling","tag-fracking","tag-gas","tag-money","tag-nature","tag-oil","tag-petrol","tag-shell-oil","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-zj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4413,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/willie-rimes-builds-a-boat\/","url_meta":{"origin":2189,"position":0},"title":"Willie Rimes Builds a Boat","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th October 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We havnt heard from Willie Rimes in a while... as expected, he has been up to no good... in a self built boat! 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