LYRICS
\nFaster and faster
\nLife is going past Her
\n1.5 and still alive
\nMake it to two
\n… how about you?
\nBurn, baby, burn
\nHigher and higher
\nBurn, baby, burn
\nMired in dire
\nExpire<\/p>\n
Faster and faster
\nHeading to disaster
\n2 in view
\nIt’s hard to thrive
\nMake it to 3
\n… hardly
\nBurn, baby, burn
\nHigher and higher
\nBurn, baby, burn
\nMired in dire
\nExpire<\/p>\n
Faster and faster
\nReaper is our master
\nDestiny passing three
\nCan’t arrive…
\nWe can’t be
\nBurn, baby, burn
\nHigher and higher
\nBurn, baby, burn
\nMired in dire
\nExpire<\/p>\n
Faster and faster
\nWe couldn’t outlast Her
\nExplore 4
\nThere’ll be no more
\nI’s… to testify
\nBurn, baby, burn
\nHigher and higher
\nBurn, baby, burn
\nMired in dire
\nExpire<\/p>\n
Chords: Dm Am Em Am \/ G A \/ C E C E \/ E Am \/ C Dm; Part II 80 to 92 to 104 to 116 to 30 Beats Per Minute
\nInstrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-3500, Yamaha PSR-740, MiniNova, MicroKorg)<\/p>\n
Currently, we have crossed the tipping point<\/a> when human induced climate change triggers a chain reaction of feedback loops. In 2022, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) insisted there is “no credible pathway to 1.5\u2103 in place.”<\/a><\/p>\n The Earth will exceed 1.5\u2103 (average global surface temperature over the surface of the earth for ten years) by the 2040’s and a societal collapse will ensue. For the most part, the Earth will be uninhabitable for humans by 2070 UNLESS immediate action is taken. UPDATE<\/b>: Since writing this in 2021, there is enough data to conclude 1.5\u2103 will be breached a decade earlier. In October 2023, the Imperial College of London published a study that concludes 1.5\u2103 will be reached by 2030<\/a> at our current rate of emissions. The average temperature for 2023 was +1.4\u2103 with September’s average +1.7\u2103 and parts of July at +3\u2103<\/p>\n — from The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a> \/ Mukerhjee and Brouse (2021\/2023)<\/p>\n Q: Is it possible for humans to push the temperature 3\u2103 above pre-industrial levels? Q: Is it possible for humans to survive at temperatures greater than 3\u2103? Extreme weather will become more frequent and intense. Sea levels will rapidly rise as the coasts disappear. However, the most concerning development will be feedback loops and tipping points. Plants will become extinct and many carbon sinks will vanish. The Earth\u2019s temperature will continue to accelerate at an exponential rate no matter what humans do. Food, fresh water, and breathable air will cease to exist. Humans will likely follow in short order. LYRICS Faster and faster Life is going past Her 1.5 and still alive Make it to two … how about you? Burn, baby, burn Higher and higher Burn, baby, burn Mired in dire Expire Faster and faster Heading to disaster 2 in view It’s hard to thrive Make it to 3 … hardly Burn, baby, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6,9,14,3878,3810,25],"tags":[163,528,3934,3933,3932],"class_list":["post-31683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-chaos-theory","category-chords","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-rawhide","category-speciman","category-the-end","tag-climate-change","tag-midi","tag-open-wide","tag-quite-on-the-set","tag-rawhide-away"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31684,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31683\/revisions\/31684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA: Yes. Humans have pushed global temperatures up more than 3\u2103.<\/p>\n
\nA: Probably not long. Humans have never done it before.<\/p>\n
\n— from Climate Change: How Long Is “Ever”?<\/a> \/ Brouse (2023)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"