[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Driving psychedelic groove, pulsing bass, swirling synth, chiming electric guitar]
[Intro]
Something’s moving
(Feel it now)
Something’s growing
(Oh, and how)
Hold on tight
(To the ride)
Acceleration
(On every side)
[Verse 1]
More energy
(Coming in)
Less escaping
(That’s the thing)
Inertia
(There’s your clue)
What was started
(Coming on through)
[Refrain]
Acceleration
(Accelerating)
There’s no debating
(Need education)
Inertia’s momentum
(Nature’s agendum)
[Verse 2]
See the risk
(Up it goes)
Tisk, tisk, tisk
(And danger grows)
Feedback calls
(One by one)
Then they couple
(Here they come!)
[Refrain]
Acceleration
(Accelerating)
There’s no debating
(Need education)
Inertia’s momentum
(Nature’s agendum)
[Psychedelic Jam I]
[Wah-wah guitar / pulsing bass / swirling synth]
Accelerate!
(At a rapid rate)
[Bridge]
Acceleration
(In the change)
Coupling
(Rearrange)
Inertia
(Holds the past)
Momentum
(Makes it last)
[Refrain]
Acceleration
(Accelerating)
There’s no debating
(Need education)
Inertia’s momentum
(Nature’s agendum)
[Psychedelic Jam II]
[Drums drop out / bass pulse / guitar feedback]
Accelerating…
(Exacerbating…)
Coupling…
(Doubling…)
[Final Refrain]
Acceleration
(Accelerating)
There’s no debating
(Need education)
Inertia’s momentum
(Nature’s agendum)
[Outro]
Acceleration
(Accelerating)
Coupling’s generating
(Feedback’s activating)
Inertia’s momentum
(Nature’s agendum)
[Instrumental Fade]
[Silence]
[End]
About the Song
Climate Change, Acceleration, and Inertia: 4–7°C of Warming
Climate change is not simply a matter of temperatures gradually rising.
It is an energy problem.
More energy is entering the climate system than leaving it—and most of that excess energy is being absorbed by the oceans.
That creates INERTIA.
But something else is happening.
As warming crosses critical thresholds, self-reinforcing feedbacks become increasingly active:
🔥 Warming → 💧 More Water Vapor → 🔥 More Warming ↺
☁️ Fewer Low Clouds → ☀️ More Energy Absorbed → 🔥 More Warming
🟠 More Tropospheric Ozone → 🌎 Stronger Greenhouse Effect → Faster Carbon-Cycle Response
These feedbacks don’t operate independently. They interact, couple, and reinforce one another.
That changes the mathematics of climate change.
The 1.5°C threshold is not simply a number on a thermometer. It is a tripwire for a climate system increasingly dominated by feedbacks and nonlinear responses.
The result is a new climate reality:
ACCELERATION + COUPLING + INERTIA
The question is no longer simply how much greenhouse gas humans emit. It is how quickly the climate system begins amplifying the warming we have already created.
Having tripped the 1.5°C tripwire, both the acceleration and inertia of climate change have created a new reality. The most likely scenario is global warming of approximately 4°C this century. If humanity does not reach net zero by 2035, approximately 4–7°C of warming by 2150 becomes the most likely scenario.
The Times They Are a-Changing: Climate Change, Acceleration, and Inertia 4–7°C
From the album “Present Tense“