[Silence]
[Instrumental: Hohner Clavinet, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, sub-bass, organ, percussion, drums]
[Intro]
Read the headlines
(Watch! A sign!)
Follow the money
(Who’s doin’ fine?)
Facts on the table
(Truth is the label)
But when the liars take the stage
They set the world arage!
[Verse 1]
Call it a hoax, call it a scam
Tell the people, “I know who I am”
Mock the science, ridicule the facts
Then wonder why the planet reacts
Drill, baby, drill, that’s the refrain
Pump some more while we fuel the flame
Sell the future for a short-term gain
Then send the bill down the chain!
[Refrain]
Oh so vile
(Science denial)
Coax a hoax
(Liar! Liar!)
… Earth’s on fire
(Fanning the flames)
Higher! Higher!
[Verse 2]
Wind and solar, call them a joke
While the planet disappears in smoke
Clean, beautiful coal, that’s the line
But the consequences aren’t so fine
Paris Agreement, call it fake
How much more can the truth take?
When the evidence is crystal clear
They manufacture doubt and sell us fear!
[Refrain]
Oh so vile
(Science denial)
Coax a hoax
(Liar! Liar!)
… Earth’s on fire
(Fanning the flames)
Higher! Higher!
[Bridge]
Drill! Drill! Drill!
(Who’s paying the bill?)
Burn! Burn! Burn!
(When will they learn?)
Higher! Higher!
(Fanning the fire!)
More! More! More!
(What are we burning for?)
[Breakdown]
The irony’s plain for all to see:
The crisis speeds the energy tragedy
The harder they try to hold the past
The faster the old regime won’t last!
Science isn’t a partisan game
The laws of nature don’t care who’s to blame
Research cut and regulations rolled back
The public’s left to pick up the slack
Deny the danger, weaken the shield
But Earth’s response won’t be repealed!
[Refrain]
Oh so vile
(Science denial)
Coax a hoax
(Liar! Liar!)
… your pants are on fire
(Fanning the flames)
Higher! Higher!
[Breakdown]
Facts! (Facts!)
Not fiction! (Not fiction!)
Science! (Science!)
Not superstition!
Look! (Look!)
Outside! (Outside!)
Earth’s on fire!
(Higher! Higher!)
[Final Refrain]
Oh so vile
(Science denial)
Coax a hoax
(Liar! Liar!)
… Earth’s on fire
(Fanning the flames)
Higher! Higher!
Oh so vile
(Science denial)
Truth on trial
(For a little while)
Earth’s on fire
(Feeding desire)
Higher! Higher!
(We can’t go higher!)
[Outro]
No more denial
(No more denial)
No more lies
(Open your eyes)
The facts remain
(Through wind and rain)
Earth’s on fire…
Who’s fanning the flames?
Look around. (Look down.)
Liar! Liar, pants on fire…
(Higher! Higher!)
About the Song
Brent crude futures recently approached $117 per barrel. However, futures prices tell only half the story. Due to the geopolitical instability associated with Trump’s support for Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, both indicted war criminals, the cost of delivering physical oil has soared to approximately half the futures price, pushing the final cost of a barrel to $150–$175.
Ironically, this has triggered the fastest and most significant global shift away from fossil-fuel dependency, directly contradicting Trump’s “Drill, Baby, Drill” ideology and its rejection of climate science. His policies and geopolitical alliances are accelerating the very energy transition his administration seeks to obstruct.
Donald J. Trump has repeatedly voiced skepticism toward climate science and taken concrete actions to undermine climate research and policy. He has publicly called climate change a “hoax,” the “greatest scam of all time,” and “bullshit,” reflecting a long-standing pattern of dismissing mainstream scientific consensus.
In a major address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2025, President Trump delivered a comprehensive rejection of global climate efforts, labeling climate change the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” Key claims from this speech included:
- Climate Science as a Hoax: He dismissed the concept of a “carbon footprint” as fabricated by individuals with “evil intentions” and characterized UN climate projections as the work of “stupid people.”
- Renewable Energy as a “Scam”: Trump repeatedly labeled wind and solar power as a “joke,” “pathetic,” and a “scam,” claiming these technologies are too expensive and unreliable for modern infrastructure.
- Rebranding Fossil Fuels: He actively promoted American fossil fuels, issuing a standing White House directive to refer to coal only as “clean, beautiful coal” to counter negative perceptions of fossil energy.
- Criticism of the Paris Agreement: Trump referred to the Paris Climate Accord as “fake,” claiming the United States contributed far more than other nations while receiving little benefit in return.
- Attacking European Policy: He warned that Europe—and Germany in particular—was “going to hell” economically due to its green energy transition and immigration policies.
- Caricaturing Environmentalists: Trump used hyperbolic claims to paint climate advocates as extremists, asserting that radical environmentalists “want to kill all the cows” to reduce methane emissions.
Beyond rhetoric, Trump took significant steps to dismantle climate science and regulatory frameworks at the federal level, particularly through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Among the most consequential actions was the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which legally designated greenhouse gases as a threat to public health and enabled regulation of emissions. These actions have had lasting effects on U.S. climate policy, weakening federal oversight, slowing renewable energy development, and reducing the country’s ability to respond to the accelerating climate crisis.
Trump’s tenure illustrates the intersection of political ideology, personal branding, and science denial, with consequences that extend far beyond domestic policy into global environmental governance.
Trump has been widely criticized for white nationalist rhetoric and is also well-documented for his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, a known ecofascist. Ecofascists understand the physics of climate change, with the short-term upper limit of warming estimated around +9°C. Their goal, alarmingly, is to push humanity toward that upper bound as a means of drastically reducing the global population—particularly targeting vulnerable regions in the Global South.
The DOE Climate Working Group: Legal Violations, Ideological Networks, and Ecofascist Connections
From the album “Social Truth“