{"id":55068,"date":"2026-08-21T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55068"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:05:47","slug":"demand-destruction-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/21\/demand-destruction-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand Destruction (Album)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Demand<\/p>\n

Demand Destruction<\/div>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

From the album “Demand Destruction<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

Demand Destruction<\/h2>\n

\n\"Global
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n

[Intro]
\nDon\u2019t wait for permission\u2026<\/p>\n

Change the position.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t argue with demand.<\/p>\n

Change de-maned.<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nDemand
\n(Destruction)
\nDemand!
\n(The solution)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nMoney moves where money goes
\nThat\u2019s the way the market flows
\nAnother purchase with a choice
\nSends a signal, finds a voice<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nDemand
\n(Destruction)
\nDemand!
\n(The solution)<\/p>\n

Vote with dollars
\n(Every day)
\nChange the market
\n(Change the way)<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t just wait
\n(For the date)
\nChange the force
\n(That drives the rate)<\/p>\n

Demand
\n(Destruction)
\nDemand!
\n(The solution)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nYou don\u2019t have to win a fight
\nYou can change the market\u2019s light
\nWhen enough consumers choose
\nFossil fuels have more to lose<\/p>\n

Not production
\n(Demand!)<\/p>\n

Not prediction
\n(Demand!)<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t rely on supply<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nYou don\u2019t need all\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 just enough\u2026<\/p>\n

Demand will fall<\/p>\n

(Hang tough)<\/p>\n

And again\u2026<\/p>\n

(And again.)<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nDemand
\n(Destruction)
\nDemand!
\n(The solution)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nDemand
\n(Destruction)
\nDemand!
\n(The solution)<\/p>\n

Vote with dollars
\n(Vote each day)
\nChange the market
\n(Change the way)<\/p>\n

Demand
\n(Destruction)
\nDemand!
\n(The solution)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nDemand\u2026<\/p>\n

(Destruction\u2026)<\/p>\n

Less demand\u2026<\/p>\n

(Less extraction\u2026)<\/p>\n

You are the solution<\/p>\n

[Spoken, fading]<\/p>\n

Demand destruction\u2026<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the transition.<\/p>\n

About the Song
\nAs both a climatologist and an economist, I\u2019m less concerned with setting a specific date for eliminating fossil fuels than with changing the economic forces that sustain fossil-fuel demand. I\u2019m unlikely to change the minds of the roughly 20% of Americans who are ideologically committed to policies that accelerate climate change. But that leaves roughly 80%\u2014and economics can do much of the work.<\/p>\n

Integrated Climate Stewardship begins with reducing unnecessary consumption. Consumerism drives energy demand, resource extraction, pollution, and habitat destruction. The less we consume, the less pressure we place on the climate and the ecosystems that sustain us.<\/p>\n

Today, perhaps only ~0.5% of Americans are seriously pursuing a structured net-zero lifestyle through continuous behavioral reductions and intentional balancing. But when people discover that reducing their climate impact can save them thousands of dollars a year while leaving a healthier environment for their children and grandchildren, behavior can change.<\/p>\n

When the remaining ~79.5% begin voting with their dollars, fossil-fuel demand falls. That demand destruction reduces the economic incentive to produce fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

Demand destruction is the transition away from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

See Money Moves People: Why Demand Destruction May Be the Fastest Path Beyond Fossil Fuels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

All You Need to Know<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\n[Whispered Vocal]
\n(All You Need to Know)<\/p>\n

[Spoken Vocal]
\nYou don\u2019t need to read the whole book\u2026<\/p>\n

Just watch the pages turn\u2026
\n(\u2026 and you\u2019ll learn\u2026)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nYou know
\n(All you need to know)
\nMoving fast as the dino<\/p>\n

What else do you need to know
\n(Look out your window)
\nSee how fast we go
\n(Faster than a dino)
\n\u2026 all you need to know<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nThe old Earth keeps a ledger
\nWritten slowly in the stone
\nLayer after layer
\nA thousand years to turn a page<\/p>\n

Mountains move like sleeping giants
\nRivers carve their names
\nIce remembers ancient winters
\nBuried deep beneath the frame<\/p>\n

But now the hands are spinning
\nAnd the pages start to fly
\nAs the lights are dimming
\n(\u2026 hear the calendar sigh)<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nLook!
\n(Look outside)
\nSee!
\n(See the signs)<\/p>\n

Slow!
\n(Way back then)
\nFast!
\n(Past the past.)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nYou know
\n(All you need to know)
\nThe old clock\u2019s running faster<\/p>\n

What else do you need to know
\n(Look out your window)
\nWatch the river change its frame
\n(Watch the seasons lose their names)
\n[Refrain]
\nYou know
\n(All you need to know)
\nMoving fast as the dino<\/p>\n

What else do you need to know
\n(Look out your window)
\nSee how fast we go
\n(Faster than a dino)
\n\u2026 all you need to know<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nOnce upon a deeper time
\nA stone came from the sky
\nOne instant split the story
\nAnd the ancient giants died<\/p>\n

The world remembers that moment
\nLike a scar beneath the skin
\nA flash across the darkness
\nAnd the long night closing in<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nNo crater
\n(No need to ask why)
\nNo thunder
\n(Screaming from the sky)<\/p>\n

Just a little more
\n(A little more)
\nUntil the little becomes folklore<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nYou know
\n(All you need to know)
\nMoving fast as the dino<\/p>\n

What else do you need to know
\n(Look out your window)
\nSee how fast we go
\n(Faster than a dino)<\/p>\n

All you need to know
\n(All you need to know)
\nIs watch the hands
\n(One understands)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nDeep time
\n(Deep, deep time)<\/p>\n

Human time
\n(Our time)<\/p>\n

We crawled
\n(Now watch us run)<\/p>\n

Coming undone\u2026<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nRead the rings
\nRead the rock
\nRead the ice
\nWatch the clock<\/p>\n

See the window
\nLook outside
\nNo need to hide
\nNo need to theorize<\/p>\n

Watch the coast
\nWatch the sky
\nWatch the seasons passing by<\/p>\n

The planet isn\u2019t standing still
\n(We\u2019ve moved \u2018er with our freewill)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nYou know
\n(All you need to know)
\nMoving fast like a dyin\u2019 dino<\/p>\n

What else do you need to know
\n(Look out your window)
\nSee how fast we go
\n(Faster as a dino)
\n\u2026 all you need to know<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nYou know
\n(All you need to know)
\nMoving fast as the dino<\/p>\n

What else do you need to know
\n(Look out your window)
\nSee how fast we go
\n(Faster than a dino)
\n\u2026 all you need to know<\/p>\n

All you need to know
\n(All you need to know)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nLook out your window\u2026<\/p>\n

Watch the water\u2026<\/p>\n

Watch the sky\u2026<\/p>\n

Watch the seasons\u2026<\/p>\n

Watch the hands\u2026<\/p>\n

Moving\u2026<\/p>\n

Moving\u2026<\/p>\n

Moving\u2026<\/p>\n

[Faint Vocal]<\/p>\n

Faster than a dino\u2026<\/p>\n

All you need to know.<\/p>\n

About the Song<\/p>\n

Human CO2 Climate Change: All You Need to Know<\/h1>\n
\n

by Daniel Brouse<\/p>\n

Human CO2 Climate Change: All You Need to Know
\nAn unprecedented rate of Earth-system change.<\/p>\n

The Geological Society of London (the UK\u2019s expert association of professional geologists since 1807) says:<\/p>\n

\u201d \u2026.the current speed of human-induced CO2 change and warming is nearly without precedent in the entire geological record, with the only known exception being the instantaneous, meteorite-induced event that caused the extinction of non-bird-like dinosaurs 66 million years ago\u201d (H\/T Rocky Rex)<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve arrived at a very similar observation in our own work, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen it stated this clearly\u2014or published elsewhere. Thanks, Rocky, for helping to illuminate it.<\/p>\n

Juxtapose the two and let me know whether the comparison can be communicated more effectively.<\/p>\n

Multiple climate indicators now point to rates of warming-related disruption far beyond those observed during the modern instrumental era.<\/p>\n

There is no well-established geological analog for a sustained, multi-variable, decade-scale pattern of accelerating change across the full Earth system at the resolution available in contemporary observations. If sustained, this may represent one of the most abrupt large-scale climate transitions in Earth\u2019s geological history.<\/p>\n

The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Warming \u2192 Feedback Activation \u2192 Feedback Coupling \u2192 Amplification \u2192 Tipping-Point Threshold \u2192 Cascade<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The climate system is not simply warming\u2014it is changing how it responds to that warming. Coupled climate feedbacks are becoming one of the most consequential dimensions of climate risk in the 21st century<\/strong> because they amplify changes and connect individual tipping-point pathways into larger cascading effects.<\/p>\n

The longer warming persists, the more climate feedbacks become active. As these feedbacks interact, we are already observing nonlinear responses, amplification, and cascading impacts across the climate system.<\/strong> Hundreds of feedback mechanisms have been identified, and many can couple and reinforce one another, contributing to the accelerating pace and increasing magnitude of climate change\u2014The Domino Effect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Rise or Fall<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nAfter all\u2026<\/p>\n

What did we build?<\/p>\n

What did we leave behind?<\/p>\n

And when the dust settles\u2026<\/p>\n

Will we heed the call?<\/p>\n

Or will we fall?<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nBrick by brick
\nWe built the wall
\nHigher, higher
\nTill we couldn\u2019t see at all<\/p>\n

Steel and glass
\nAcross the land
\nProgress written
\nIn the palm of our hand<\/p>\n

We learned to fly
\nWe learned to burn
\nWe learned the lesson
\nBut forgot to learn<\/p>\n

What is progress
\nIf we lose
\nWhat we need
\nTo choose?<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nAfter all\u2026
\n(Will we rise or fall)
\nUp or down
\n(King or clown)<\/p>\n

Come to the realization
\n(About civilization)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nRise!
\n(Rise!)
\nOr fall!
\n(Fall!)<\/p>\n

What are we
\nAfter all?<\/p>\n

Build!
\n(Build!)
\nOr break!
\n(Break!)<\/p>\n

How much more
\nCan we take?<\/p>\n

King or clown
\n(Crown or ground)
\nUp or down
\n(Round and round)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWe measured wealth
\nIn things we own
\nMeasured power
\nBy the deeds we\u2019d blown<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nRealization!
\n(Realization!)<\/p>\n

Civilization!
\n(Civilization!)<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nLook at the numbers
\nLook at the trend<\/p>\n

Look at the road
\nWe\u2019re willing to bend<\/p>\n

More consumption
\nMore extraction
\nMore pressure
\nMore reaction<\/p>\n

Change the signal
\nChange the plan<\/p>\n

Start with what
\nA person can<\/p>\n

Dollar!
\n(Dollar!)<\/p>\n

Choice!
\n(Choice!)<\/p>\n

Voice!
\n(Voice!)<\/p>\n

After all\u2026<\/p>\n

Will we rise or fall?<\/p>\n

Up or down\u2026<\/p>\n

King or clown\u2026<\/p>\n

[Whispered]
\nCome to the realization\u2026<\/p>\n

About civilization.<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nAfter all\u2026
\n(Will we rise or fall)
\nUp or down
\n(King or clown)<\/p>\n

Come to the realization
\n(About civilization)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nRise!
\n(Rise!)
\nOr fall!
\n(Fall!)<\/p>\n

The future
\nCalls us all<\/p>\n

King or clown
\n(Crown or ground)
\nUp or down
\n(We turn around)<\/p>\n

Civilization
\n(Our creation)
\nIs the realization
\n(If we arrive alive)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nPiano Note]
\nRise\u2026<\/p>\n

Or fall\u2026<\/p>\n

Up\u2026<\/p>\n

Or down\u2026<\/p>\n

[Spoken, fading]
\nKing\u2026<\/p>\n

Or clown\u2026<\/p>\n

The choice\u2026<\/p>\n

Raise your voice.<\/p>\n

It’s Reigning. It’s Pooring.<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nIt\u2019s raining\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pouring\u2026<\/p>\n

But who\u2019s paying?
\n(Scales weighing)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nClouds roll in
\nThe streets turn gray
\nWater finds
\nAnother way<\/p>\n

Pipes fill up
\nRivers rise
\nAnother warning
\nIn disguise<\/p>\n

The old song says
\nThe old man snores
\nBut outside
\nThe water pours<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nIt\u2019s raining. It\u2019s pouring.
\n(The old man is snoring)
\nIt\u2019s reigning. It\u2019s pooring.
\n(I\u2019m saying:)
\n\u2026 the young man is paying<\/p>\n

Oh, boy!
\n(Boys and girls)
\nLost joy
\n(Our thrill kills)<\/p>\n

Kill!
\n(Joy)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nIt\u2019s raining!
\n(Raining!)
\nIt\u2019s pouring!
\n(Pouring!)<\/p>\n

Still the bill
\nKeeps growing<\/p>\n

It\u2019s reigning!
\n(Reigning!)
\nIt\u2019s pooring!
\n(Pooring!)<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s paying?
\n(\u2026 just saying!)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nFlooded roads
\nAnd broken drains
\nWater running
\nThrough the lanes<\/p>\n

Basements wet
\nInsurance high
\nAnother cost
\nWe can\u2019t deny<\/p>\n

The weather hits
\nThe budget too
\nSomebody pays
\nFor what we do<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nRain!
\n(Rain!)
\nPain!
\n(Pain!)<\/p>\n

Cost!
\n(Cost!)
\nLost!
\n(Lost!)<\/p>\n

When the water
\nHits the ground
\nThe economics
\nCome around<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nOh, boy!
\n(Boys and girls)<\/p>\n

Where\u2019d the joy go?
\n(Where\u2019d it go?)<\/p>\n

Our thrill
\n(Kills)<\/p>\n

When the thrill
\nBecomes the bill<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nRain on the roof
\nRain in the street
\nRain in the basement
\nWater at your feet<\/p>\n

Call the plumber
\nCall the crew
\nCall insurance
\nWho\u2019s paying you?<\/p>\n

Premium rising
\nDeductible too
\nInfrastructure aging
\nWhat are we gonna do?<\/p>\n

You can call it weather
\nYou can call it rain<\/p>\n

But when the pattern changes
\nIt changes the game<\/p>\n

The cost comes down
\nThe cost goes up
\nSomebody\u2019s always
\nPicking up the cup<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nIt\u2019s raining\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pouring\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s reigning\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pooring\u2026<\/p>\n

(Insane in pain)<\/p>\n

[Whispered]
\n(Scales of justice weighing)
\nThe young man is paying\u2026<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nIt\u2019s raining. It\u2019s pouring.
\n(The old man is snoring)
\nIt\u2019s reigning. It\u2019s pooring.
\n(I\u2019m saying:)
\n\u2026 the young man is paying<\/p>\n

Oh, boy!
\n(Boys and girls)
\nLost joy
\n(Our thrill kills)<\/p>\n

Kill!
\n(Joy)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nIt\u2019s raining!
\n(Raining!)
\nIt\u2019s pouring!
\n(Pouring!)<\/p>\n

Like no one\u2019s knowing
\n(The price keeps growing)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s reigning!
\n(Reigning!)
\nIt\u2019s pooring!
\n(Pooring!)<\/p>\n

You can ignore some more?
\n(Aint\u2019 no use in praying)
\n\u2026 who\u2019s paying?<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nRain\u2026<\/p>\n

Reign\u2026<\/p>\n

Pour\u2026<\/p>\n

Poor\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s raining. It\u2019s pouring.
\n(The old man is snoring)
\nIt\u2019s reigning. It\u2019s pooring.
\n(I\u2019m saying:)
\n\u2026 ain\u2019t no use praying<\/p>\n

(The thrill to\u2026)
\nKill!
\n(Joy)
\nEnjoy?<\/p>\n


\n\"Climate
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n

About the Song<\/p>\n

This is where the bleeding edge begins.<\/p>\n

Clouds are arguably the largest remaining uncertainty in our understanding of climate sensitivity. They can both reflect incoming solar radiation and trap outgoing heat. Which effect dominates\u2014and how that balance changes as the planet warms\u2014is one of the great questions in climate science.<\/p>\n

My expectation is that the climate system could eventually approach a new equilibrium around +4\u00b0C above the preindustrial baseline, perhaps over the course of a couple centuries. That would imply roughly +2\u20133\u00b0C this century, with additional warming continuing into the next.<\/p>\n

But that remains uncertain.<\/p>\n

The important point is that climate change is not a simple linear equation. It is a massively interconnected system in which changes in one component can alter another, which then feeds back into the first. Ice affects albedo. Albedo affects heating. Heating affects clouds. Clouds affect radiation. Radiation affects ocean temperatures. Ocean temperatures affect evaporation and atmospheric moisture. And the cycle continues.<\/p>\n

Everything is nonlinear.<\/p>\n

Yet uncertainty about the exact trajectory does not mean uncertainty about what we should do.<\/p>\n

The clearest lever we have is still the same: reduce CO\u2082 emissions and slow the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

And while the long-term equilibrium matters, there is a much more immediate question.<\/p>\n

What happens to you over the next five years?<\/p>\n

We are already seeing rainfall becoming more intense and, in many places, more destructive\u2014violent<\/strong>. A warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, increasing the potential for extreme precipitation. The question isn\u2019t simply how hot the planet might become over the next 50 years.<\/p>\n

The more immediate question is:<\/p>\n

What is the violent rain going to do to your home, your community, your infrastructure, your insurance\u2014and you\u2014over the next five years?<\/p>\n

That is where climate change stops being a distant projection and starts becoming a personal reality.<\/p>\n

Rule<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nWho makes the rules?
\n(Who will choose the fools)
\nWho follows them?
\n(Where, why, when?)
\nAnd who gets to decide\u2026
\n(How far and wide?)<\/p>\n

When the rule becomes the ruler<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nRule the road
\nRule the land
\nRule the market
\nRule by hand<\/p>\n

Draw the line
\nSet the frame
\nGive it power
\nGive it a name<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nThe rule of rule
\n(Over the overlord)
\nNeed to school the fool
\n(Before going overboard)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nRule!
\n(Rule!)
\nDon\u2019t let the rule
\n(Confuse and fool)<\/p>\n

Power!
\n(Power!)
\nDon\u2019t let power
\nDevour<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWhen the rule becomes
\nThe reason for the rule
\nThe servant becomes master
\nAnd the master becomes fool<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nSchool the fool
\n(Teach the fool)
\nNot with force
\n(With a course)<\/p>\n

Knowledge!
\n(Choice!)
\nReason!
\n(Voice!)<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nRule this
\nRule that
\nPut another rule on the mat<\/p>\n

Sign here
\nStand there
\nDon\u2019t ask why
\nJust beware<\/p>\n

But wait!<\/p>\n

Who wrote it?
\nWho profits?
\nWho pays?<\/p>\n

Who gets the power
\nWhen the rule stays?<\/p>\n

Think for yourself
\nRead the fine print
\nFollow the evidence
\nDon\u2019t follow the hint<\/p>\n

A rule should serve
\nThe people who live<\/p>\n

Not become a throne
\nFor the power it gives<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nThe rule of rule\u2026<\/p>\n

Over the overlord\u2026<\/p>\n

Need to school the fool\u2026<\/p>\n

Before going overboard.<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nThe rule of rule
\n(Over the overlord)
\nNeed to school the fool
\n(Before going overboard)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nRule!
\n(Rule!)
\nLet reason rule<\/p>\n

Lead!
\n(Lead!)
\nBut don\u2019t become the fool<\/p>\n

Teach!
\n(Teach!)
\nBefore demanding obedience<\/p>\n

Choose!
\n(Choose!)
\nWith knowledge and experience<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nThe rule\u2026<\/p>\n

Of rule\u2026<\/p>\n

Who rules\u2026<\/p>\n

The ruler?<\/p>\n

[Spoken, fading]
\nThe rule of rule
\n(Over the overlord)
\nNeed to school the fool
\n(Before going overboard)<\/p>\n

Middle Man<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nThe middle man\u2026<\/p>\n

(Upstanding in the middle\u2026?)<\/p>\n

Taking a little
\nfrom both ends.
\n(On whatever another spends)<\/p>\n

But what happens\u2026<\/p>\n

Will you weather\u2026
\n(\u2026 when the ends come together?)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nBuy it here
\nSell it there
\nAdd a little
\nNone to spare<\/p>\n

Move the money
\nMove the goods
\nMake a margin
\nWhile you could<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nTop end!
\n(Down!)
\nBottom!
\n(Up!)<\/p>\n

Meet in the middle
\n(Shake it up!)<\/p>\n

No more layers
\nIn between
\nSee what happens
\nWhen we\u2019re seen<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nThe middle man
\n(Eliminated)
\nTop end down
\n(King to clown)<\/p>\n

No need
\n(For greed)
\nConcede.<\/p>\n

Won\u2019t be long
\n(Till the middle man\u2019s gone)
\nAnd whether
\n(The ends come together)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nOne more hand
\nOne more fee
\nOne more layer
\nRoots in greed<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nTop end down
\n(Bottom up)<\/p>\n

King to clown
\n(Shake it up)<\/p>\n

Greed gives way
\n(To efficiency)<\/p>\n

Less between
\n(More transparency)<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nMiddle man
\nIn the middle
\nMaking money
\nOff the riddle<\/p>\n

Buy low
\n(Sell high)
\nAdd a fee
\n(Ask why)<\/p>\n

Cut the chain
\n(Change the weather)
\nCut the pain
\n(Change the whether)<\/p>\n

One less step
\nOne less cost
\nOne less layer
\nThat gets lost<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nThe middle man\u2026<\/p>\n

Eliminated\u2026<\/p>\n

Top end down\u2026<\/p>\n

King to clown\u2026<\/p>\n

[Whispered]
\nNo need\u2026<\/p>\n

For greed\u2026<\/p>\n

Concede.<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nThe middle man
\n(Eliminated)
\nTop end down
\n(King to clown)<\/p>\n

No need
\n(For greed)
\nConcede.<\/p>\n

Won\u2019t be long
\n(Till the middle man\u2019s gone)
\nAnd whether
\n(The ends come together)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nThe middle man
\n(Eliminated)
\nTop end down
\n(King to clown)<\/p>\n

No need
\n(For greed)
\nConcede.<\/p>\n

Won\u2019t be long
\n(Till the middle man\u2019s gone)
\nAnd whether
\n(The ends come together)<\/p>\n

Insane in the Methane<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nYou can\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t smell it.<\/p>\n

But you can measure it.
\n(If you\u2019re sane)
\nMethane\u2026<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nComing out of pipes
\nComing out of wells
\nComing from the places
\nNobody wants to tell<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nLeak!
\n(Leak!)
\nSeek!
\n(Seek!)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nAre you insane
\n(In the membrane?)
\nLeaking methane
\n(Problem\u2019s plain)<\/p>\n

Are you insane
\n(In the membrane?)
\nLeaking methane
\n(Problem\u2019s plain)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nMethane!
\n(What\u2019s the game?)
\nInvisible
\n(But not tame)<\/p>\n

Methane!
\n(Feed the flame)
\nShort-lived
\n(But climate-changing)
\n\u2026 rearranging\u2026<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nDrill it up
\nPump it out
\nMove it down
\nMove it out<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nIt\u2019s not just
\nWhat we burn<\/p>\n

(It\u2019s what we churn)<\/p>\n

Production
\n(Transmission)
\nEmission
\n(Distribution)<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nMethane in the pipeline
\nMethane at the well
\nMethane in the atmosphere
\nYou can\u2019t see it well<\/p>\n

Quick hit
\n(Heat trap)
\nBig effect
\n(Check that)<\/p>\n

Carbon dioxide
\nSticks around
\nMethane comes
\nAnd turns it up now
\n(Wow!)<\/p>\n

Cheap solutions
\nBig reductions
\nThat\u2019s the kind of change we make<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t wait
\nFor perfect<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t wait
\nFor later<\/p>\n

If you can stop the leak
\nWhy would you feed the vapor?<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nAre you insane?<\/p>\n

(In the membrane?)<\/p>\n

Leaking methane\u2026<\/p>\n

(Problem\u2019s plain.)<\/p>\n

[Whispered]
\nFind it\u2026<\/p>\n

Fix it\u2026<\/p>\n

Stop it\u2026<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nAre you insane
\n(In the membrane?)
\nLeaking methane
\n(Problem\u2019s plain)<\/p>\n

Are you insane
\n(In the membrane?)
\nLeaking methane
\n(Problem\u2019s plain)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nMethane!
\n(What\u2019s the game?)
\nInvisible
\n(But not tame)<\/p>\n

Methane!
\n(Feed the flame)
\nSeek the leak
\n(Stop the game)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nAre you insane
\n(In the membrane?)
\nLeaking methane
\n(Problem\u2019s plain)<\/p>\n

[Spoken, fading]<\/p>\n

Problem\u2019s plain.<\/p>\n

Oil<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nBlack gold\u2026
\n(Is getting old)
\nLiquid energy\u2026
\n(Lacks transparency)
\nA good thing?
\n(For absolutely nothing)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nYour oil
\n(Sure does spoil)
\nA good thing
\n(Sing:)<\/p>\n

Oil
\n(A slippery slope)
\n\u2026 don\u2019t be a dope<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nPulled from deep beneath the ground
\nBlack and slick and flowing round
\nPowered engines, trucks and trains
\nBuilt an age of fuel and flames<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nDig it!
\n(Pump it!)
\nBurn it!
\n(Turn it!)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nOil
\n(Sure does spoil)
\nA good thing
\n(For a while)<\/p>\n

Oil
\n(A slippery slope)
\nDon\u2019t be a dope
\n(Find some hope)<\/p>\n

Black gold
\n(Takes its toll)
\nBurned fuel
\n(Changes the whole)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nDrill the ground and pump it out
\nMove the cargo, move it about
\nRefineries turn the crude to flame
\nThen the atmosphere bears the claim<\/p>\n

Oil!
\n(Oil!)<\/p>\n

Spoil!
\n(Spoil!)<\/p>\n

Choice!
\n(Choice!)<\/p>\n

Use your voice!<\/p>\n

Less!
\n(Don\u2019t be useless!)<\/p>\n

Waste!
\n(Waste!)<\/p>\n

Change!
\n(The taste!)<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get caught
\n(On the slope)
\nThink ahead
\n(Find some hope)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nA costly habit\u2026
\n(For our habitat)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where we\u2019re at\u2026<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nYour oil
\n(Sure does spoil)
\nA good thing
\n(Sing:)<\/p>\n

Oil
\n(A slippery slope)
\n\u2026 don\u2019t be a dope<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nOil
\n(Sure does spoil)
\nBlack gold
\n(With a toll)<\/p>\n

Oil
\n(A slippery slope)
\nDon\u2019t be a dope
\n(Find some hope)<\/p>\n

Oil
\n(It\u2019s your choice)
\nUse your voice<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nOil\u2026<\/p>\n

A slippery slope\u2026<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be a dope\u2026<\/p>\n

Choose more hope\u2026<\/p>\n

[Spoken, fading]<\/p>\n

Use less.<\/p>\n

(Don\u2019t be useless)<\/p>\n

Burn<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nBurn\u2026<\/p>\n

(We know what fire does.)<\/p>\n

Burn\u2026<\/p>\n

(We know what heat does.)<\/p>\n

Burn\u2026<\/p>\n

So why\u2026<\/p>\n

Do we don\u2019t we wanna try\u2026
\n\u2026 to learn?
\n(Burn, burn, burn)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nMatch to flame
\nFuel to fire
\nFeed the spark
\nTake it higher<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nHigher!
\n(Higher!)
\nFire!
\n(Fire!)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nBurn, burn, burn
\n(When we gonna learn?)
\nBurn, burn, burn<\/p>\n

Fire!
\n(Higher)
\nHigher!
\n(Fire!)
\nFire, fire, fire<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nBurn!
\n(Burn!)
\nFeel the heat
\nTurn!
\n(Turn!)
\nUnderneath<\/p>\n

Fuel the flame
\n(Feed the fire)
\nRaise the temperature
\n(Higher and higher)<\/p>\n

Burn!
\n(Burn!)
\nWatch it spread
\nTurn!
\n(Turn!)
\nWhat we said<\/p>\n

Burn, burn, burn
\n(When we gonna learn?)
\nBurn, burn, burn<\/p>\n

Fire!
\n(Higher)
\nHigher!
\n(Fire!)
\nFire, fire, fire<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nOil below
\nGas in the ground
\nPull it up
\nPass it around<\/p>\n

Tank gets full
\nEngines roar
\nSmoke goes up
\nAnd asks for more<\/p>\n

Dollar talks
\nMarket moves
\nFuel the habit
\nChoose the grooves<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nBurn, burn, burn
\n(When we gonna learn?)
\nBurn, burn, burn<\/p>\n

Fire!
\n(Higher)
\nHigher!
\n(Fire!)
\nFire, fire, fire<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nBurn it
\n(Buy it)
\nDrive it
\n(Fill it)<\/p>\n

Pull it from the ground
\nThen we build around it<\/p>\n

Heat up
\n(Heat up)
\nTurn up
\n(Turn up)<\/p>\n

Keep the meter running
\nNever let it slow down
\n(Down, down, down)<\/p>\n

Burn, burn, burn
\n(When we gonna learn?)
\nBurn, burn, burn<\/p>\n

Fire!
\n(Higher)
\nHigher!
\n(Fire!)
\nFire, fire, fire<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nBurn\u2026<\/p>\n

Burn\u2026<\/p>\n

When are we gonna learn?<\/p>\n

[Whispered]
\nFire needs fuel.<\/p>\n

Demand is the fuel.<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nBurn, burn, burn
\n(When we gonna learn?)
\nBurn, burn, burn<\/p>\n

Fire!
\n(Higher)
\nHigher!
\n(Fire!)
\nFire, fire, fire<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nBurn!
\n(Burn!)
\nBut we can choose
\nBurn!
\n(Burn!)
\nWhat we refuse<\/p>\n

Burn, burn, burn
\n(When we gonna learn?)
\nBurn, burn, burn<\/p>\n

Fire!
\n(Higher)
\nHigher!
\n(Fire!)
\nFire, fire, fire<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nBurn\u2026<\/p>\n

Fire\u2026<\/p>\n

Higher\u2026<\/p>\n

[Spoken, fading]<\/p>\n

When we gonna learn?
\n(The situation\u2019s dire)
\nFire
\n(Fire)<\/p>\n

Free Sample<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nFree sample\u2026<\/p>\n

Free lunch\u2026<\/p>\n

Free ride\u2026
\n(Until there\u2019s no place to run\u2026)
\n\u2026 no place to hide<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nForests in the mountains
\nSee oceans (sea to sea)
\nSunlight in the morning
\n(So the days begin)<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nFree!
\n(Free!)
\nSample!
\n(Sample!)<\/p>\n

Take!
\n(Take!)
\nSome more!<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nHas Earth\u2019s free sample
\n(Been ample?)
\nHas her free lunch
\n(Made much)<\/p>\n

Well\u2026
\n(Do tell, do tell)
\n\u2026 ohhh well\u2026.<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nFree sample!
\n(Take a taste)
\nFree lunch!
\n(Goes to waste)<\/p>\n

The bill comes later
\n(Later!)
\nWhen the cupboard\u2019s bare
\n(Eating\u2019s rare)
\nFree sample!
\n(What a deal)
\nFree lunch!
\n(How does it feel?)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWe burned the ancient sunlight
\nWe mined the buried past
\nWe pulled from deep reserves
\nAnd thought that would last<\/p>\n

Mother keeps the ledger
\nThough nature doesn\u2019t send
\nA bill upon the table
\nShe settles in the end<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nFree lunch?
\n(No\u2026 more than a hunch)<\/p>\n

Free ride?
\n(Won\u2019t slide)<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nTake it
\n(Free!)
\nMake it
\n(Free!)<\/p>\n

Use it
\n(Free!)
\nWaste it
\n(Free!)<\/p>\n

But the soil gets soiled
\nAnd the rivers run low
\nThe greens gets thinner
\nAs the extinctions grow<\/p>\n

The atmosphere (oh my dear)
\nA record of the cost
\nSomeone\u2019s getting lost<\/p>\n

No one sent an invoice
\nNo one rang the bell<\/p>\n

But the climate keeps
\nThe ledger well
\n(All the way to hell!)
\nYell!
\n(All the way to hell!)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nHas Earth\u2019s free sample\u2026<\/p>\n

Been ample?<\/p>\n

Has her free lunch\u2026<\/p>\n

Made much?<\/p>\n

[Whispered]
\nWell\u2026<\/p>\n

Do tell\u2026<\/p>\n

Do tell\u2026<\/p>\n

Ohhh well\u2026<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nHas Earth\u2019s free sample
\n(Been ample?)
\nHas her free lunch
\n(Made much)<\/p>\n

Well\u2026
\n(Do tell, do tell)
\n\u2026 ohhh well\u2026.<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nFree sample!
\n(Free sample!)
\nTake a taste
\nBut don\u2019t let her waste<\/p>\n

Free lunch!
\n(Free lunch!)
\nWhat did we do?<\/p>\n

Maybe now
\nIt\u2019s time to give
\nSomething back.
\n(Instead of lack, lack, lack!)<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hear you yell:
\n(All the way to hell!)
\nThen, again\u2026
\n(You can choose heaven)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nLet\u2019s hear you yell:
\n(All the way to hell!)
\nThen, again\u2026
\n(You can choose heaven)<\/p>\n

[Spoken, fading]
\nBirth (heaven on Earth)
\nLivin\u2019 in heaven
\n(Birth) Heaven on Earth<\/p>\n

Money<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nMoney\u2026<\/p>\n

You can count it.
\n(Rarely lend it?)
\nYou can spend it.
\n(Goin\u2019 into debt?)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nMoney!
\n(It\u2019s plain to see)
\nMoney!
\n(What\u2019s you\u2019re doin\u2019 to me)<\/p>\n

Money,
\n(You\u2019re gettin\u2019 too funny)
\nTime to set me free
\n(Free from meeeeee\u2026.)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nNumbers dancing on the screen
\nChasing after what they mean
\nMore and more becomes the game
\nDifferent numbers, same old name<\/p>\n

Want!
\n(Need!)
\nMore!
\n(Feed!)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nMoney!
\n(It\u2019s plain to see)
\nMoney!
\n(What\u2019s you\u2019re doin\u2019 to me)<\/p>\n

Money!
\n(You\u2019re gettin\u2019 too funny)
\nTime to set me free
\n(Free from meeeeee\u2026.)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nMoney moves and money talks
\nFollows roads and follows stocks
\nTurns a want into a need
\nThen convinces you to bleed<\/p>\n

Price can hide the deeper cost
\nWhat you gain is what you lost
\nWhen the chase becomes the goal
\nMoney starts to take control<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nMoney!
\n(It\u2019s plain to see)
\nMoney!
\n(What\u2019s you\u2019re doin\u2019 to me)<\/p>\n

Money,
\n(You\u2019re gettin\u2019 too funny)
\nTime to set me free
\n(Free from meeeeee\u2026.)Use it!
\n(Don\u2019t serve it!)<\/p>\n

Choose!
\n(Deserve it!)<\/p>\n

A dollar is a tool
\n(Not a rule)<\/p>\n

A number on a page
\n(Not a cage)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nMoney\u2026<\/p>\n

Funny\u2026<\/p>\n

Honey\u2026<\/p>\n

Why are we chasing
\nSomething we can\u2019t take with us?<\/p>\n

[Rap Vocal Break]
\nCount it up
\nAdd it down
\nMoney makes the world go round<\/p>\n

Buy it
\nSell it
\nTrade it
\nTell it<\/p>\n

Price tag
\nPaycheck
\nCredit
\nDebt<\/p>\n

More stuff
\nMore stress
\nMore wanting
\nLess rest<\/p>\n

Stop!
\n(Think!)<\/p>\n

Look!
\n(Choose!)<\/p>\n

What do you really need
\nTo live the life you choose?<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nMoney!
\n(It\u2019s plain to see)
\nMoney!
\n(What\u2019s you\u2019re doin\u2019 to me)<\/p>\n

Money,
\n(You\u2019re gettin\u2019 too funny)
\nTime to set me free
\n(Free from meeeeee\u2026.)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nMoney!
\n(It\u2019s plain to see)
\nMoney!
\n(What\u2019s you\u2019re doin\u2019 to me)<\/p>\n

Let it work
\n(Don\u2019t let it rule)
\nLet it serve
\n(Don\u2019t be the fossil fuel fool)<\/p>\n

Money!
\n(You\u2019re gettin\u2019 too funny)
\nTime to set me free
\n(Free from meeeeee\u2026.)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nMoney!
\n(It\u2019s plain to see)
\nMoney!
\n(What\u2019s you\u2019re doin\u2019 to me)<\/p>\n

Money,
\n(You\u2019re gettin\u2019 too funny)
\nTime to set me free
\n(Free from meeeeee\u2026.)<\/p>\n

[Spoken, fading]<\/p>\n

Set me free\u2026<\/p>\n

(Free from me\u2026)<\/p>\n

About the Song<\/p>\n

The song is about how easily greed and self-interest can blind us to an economic reality hiding in plain sight. Instead of reducing unnecessary consumption and saving thousands of dollars each year, many people continue spending in ways that lock them into a fossil-fuel-intensive lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Transitioning away from fossil fuels is not simply an environmental argument. It is an economically rational\u2014and, I would argue, financially sane\u2014strategy.<\/p>\n

And it doesn\u2019t require top-down control or forcing 80% of the planet to do anything. Demand destruction works through economics. When people discover cheaper, healthier, more efficient alternatives, they adopt them because those alternatives make financial sense\u2014not because someone is forcing them to \u201cgo without.\u201d<\/p>\n

We can already see demand destruction happening in the real world. Over the past four months, oil demand has declined by approximately 1.6 million barrels per day.<\/p>\n

And there is no \u201cdoing without\u201d in my case. I live a better, healthier lifestyle with zero sacrifice\u2014and I\u2019m saving roughly $10,000 a year in the process.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the economic reality: climate change (AGW) costs the average U.S. household approximately $94,600 annually for a family of four. That represents an enormous economic burden associated with the fossil-fuel-intensive system we have built\u2014and one that can be reduced through demand destruction.<\/p>\n

For an individual, the choice is straightforward: continue paying an additional $23,650 per year in climate-related costs while leaving $10,000 in potential savings on the table\u2014or effectively gain $33,650 per year by adopting Integrated Climate Stewardship<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

That isn\u2019t sacrifice.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s economics.<\/p>\n

So why aren\u2019t you already doing it?<\/p>\n

Follow-up to Resistance<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m both a climatologist and an economist. I mention the economics deliberately because this isn\u2019t simply an environmental argument. I\u2019ve done the math, applied the economics to my own life, and saved approximately $100,000 over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n

And that is only the money I actually saved. If those savings had instead been invested and compounded at roughly a seven-year doubling time, the opportunity cost of continuing a more consumption-intensive lifestyle becomes substantial.<\/p>\n

That calculation doesn\u2019t even include the broader benefits of reducing pollution, resource consumption, climate risk, and environmental damage. Those benefits accrue not only to individuals, but to society as a whole.<\/p>\n

This should not be framed as something that has to be forced. That misses the entire concept of demand destruction<\/strong>. If people can improve their quality of life while saving money, why would coercion be necessary?<\/p>\n

The question isn\u2019t whether everyone will adopt exactly the same lifestyle. They won\u2019t. The question is how many people will voluntarily make economically rational changes once they recognize the financial benefits.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need 100% participation. I need enough people to create sustained demand destruction\u2014and we are already seeing evidence that this process is beginning to happen.<\/p>\n

Demand destruction is not about doing without. It is about discovering that, in many cases, you can have more by consuming less.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Related Papers<\/h3>\n