{"id":48804,"date":"2025-12-02T13:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=48804"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:22:59","slug":"drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/12\/02\/drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVIII\/Drivers-Best-Of.mp3\">Drivers-Best-Of.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVIII\/Drivers-Best-Of.mp4\">Drivers-Best-Of.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVIII\/Drivers.mp3\">Drivers.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVIII\/Drivers.mp4\">Drivers.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVIII\/Drivers-intro.mp3\">Drivers-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nIntense fires<br \/>\n(Intensifiers)<br \/>\nDriving drivers<br \/>\n(Amplifiers)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSelf-reinforcing runaway behavior<br \/>\n(That&#8217;s boy is out of control)<br \/>\nGot a death wish&#8230; that&#8217;s for sure<br \/>\n(Playing the Beelzebub role)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nDrivers driving amplifiers<br \/>\nAmplifiers amplify drivers<br \/>\nIn a disastrous dance<br \/>\n(Man&#8217;s taking a chance)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIntense fires<br \/>\n(Intensifiers)<br \/>\nDriving drivers<br \/>\n(Amplifiers)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nAmplifier turns to driver<br \/>\n(In a feedback attack)<br \/>\nDriver becomes an amplifier<br \/>\n(Attack of the feedback)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nDrivers driving amplifiers<br \/>\nAmplifiers amplify drivers<br \/>\nIn a disastrous dance<br \/>\n(Man&#8217;s taking a chance)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIntense fires<br \/>\n(Intensifiers)<br \/>\nDriving drivers<br \/>\n(Amplifiers)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nDrivers driving amplifiers<br \/>\nAmplifiers amplify drivers<br \/>\nIn a disastrous dance<br \/>\n(Man&#8217;s taking a chance)<br \/>\nGave up on nature<br \/>\n(Really fogged her)<br \/>\nNo, there&#8217;s no romance<br \/>\n(In our circumstance)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SCIENCE: Drivers<br \/>\nA driver is something that initiates, powers, or forces a system to move or change. It sets things into motion.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"1698\"><strong data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"1698\">In Climate Science<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1699\" data-end=\"1760\">Drivers are the <em data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1728\">root forces<\/em> that set the warming in motion:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1762\" data-end=\"1833\">\n<li data-start=\"1762\" data-end=\"1779\">\n<p data-start=\"1764\" data-end=\"1779\">CO\u2082 emissions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1780\" data-end=\"1791\">\n<p data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"1791\">Methane<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"1813\">\n<p data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1813\">Aerosol reduction<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1814\" data-end=\"1833\">\n<p data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1833\">Land-use change<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1835\" data-end=\"1902\">Amplifiers then <strong data-start=\"1851\" data-end=\"1862\">magnify<\/strong> the warming initiated by those drivers.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"357\"><strong data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"357\">Drivers, Amplifiers, and Exponential Climate Feedback Loops<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"688\">Climate change accelerates because the Earth system is governed by drivers (forces that initiate warming) and amplifiers (feedbacks that magnify that warming). When amplifiers feed back into the drivers\u2014or begin creating new amplifiers\u2014they produce nonlinear, exponential increases in temperature and extreme weather.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"805\">This is how you go from merely \u201cwarming\u201d to runaway, compounding, tipping-point-driven climate destabilization.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"853\"><strong data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"853\">1. Drivers: The Root Forcing Agents<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"962\"><strong data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"866\">Drivers<\/strong> are the primary causes of climate change\u2014forces that <em data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"927\">start<\/em> the system moving.<br data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"949\" \/>They include:<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"1001\"><strong data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"1001\">Primary Anthropogenic Drivers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1309\">\n<li data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1051\">\n<p data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1051\"><strong data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1021\">CO\u2082 emissions<\/strong> from fossil fuel combustion<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1137\">\n<p data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1137\"><strong data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1075\">Methane emissions<\/strong> from agriculture, energy production, and thawing permafrost<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1197\">\n<p data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1197\"><strong data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1157\">Nitrous oxide<\/strong> and other long-lived greenhouse gases<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1256\">\n<p data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1256\"><strong data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1222\">Aerosol reductions<\/strong> (cleaner air increases warming)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1309\">\n<p data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1309\"><strong data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1279\">Land-use changes<\/strong> (deforestation, urbanization)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1311\" data-end=\"1380\">Drivers change Earth\u2019s radiative balance by increasing heat trapping.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1523\"><strong data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1396\">Key point:<\/strong> <em data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1480\">Drivers initiate warming, but do not determine how fast warming accelerates.<\/em><br data-start=\"1480\" data-end=\"1483\" \/>That acceleration comes from amplifiers.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1595\"><strong data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1595\">2. Amplifiers: Feedbacks That Multiply the Drivers\u2019 Effects<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1677\"><strong data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1619\">Amplifiers amplify<\/strong> (increase) the magnitude of change caused by the drivers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1679\" data-end=\"1704\">Major amplifiers include:<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1734\"><strong data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1734\">Water Vapor Feedback<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1735\" data-end=\"1865\">Warmer air holds more moisture (7% more per \u00b0C), which traps more heat \u2192 warming increases \u2192 more water vapor \u2192 more heat trapped.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"1890\"><strong data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"1890\">Albedo Feedback<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1891\" data-end=\"1993\">Loss of reflective ice exposes darker ocean\/land \u2192 absorbs more solar energy \u2192 warms \u2192 melts more ice.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1995\" data-end=\"2022\"><strong data-start=\"1999\" data-end=\"2022\">Permafrost Feedback<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2023\" data-end=\"2091\">Warming \u2192 thawing \u2192 CO\u2082 + CH\u2084 release \u2192 more warming \u2192 more thawing.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2093\" data-end=\"2126\"><strong data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2126\">Ozone\u2013Vegetation Feedback<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2127\" data-end=\"2289\">Fossil combustion produces ozone precursors \u2192 ozone damages vegetation \u2192 reduces carbon uptake \u2192 increases atmospheric CO\u2082 \u2192 more warming \u2192 more ozone production.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2291\" data-end=\"2316\"><strong data-start=\"2295\" data-end=\"2316\">Wildfire Feedback<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2317\" data-end=\"2387\">Heat\/drought \u2192 fires \u2192 CO\u2082 + black carbon \u2192 more warming \u2192 more fires.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2389\" data-end=\"2447\">Amplifiers do not just add warming\u2014they <strong data-start=\"2429\" data-end=\"2443\">accelerate<\/strong> it.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"2454\" data-end=\"2531\"><strong data-start=\"2456\" data-end=\"2531\">3. When Drivers and Amplifiers Interact: Emergence of Exponential Loops<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"2533\" data-end=\"2625\">A feedback loop occurs when an amplifier feeds back into the system, reinforcing the driver.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2627\" data-end=\"2664\"><strong data-start=\"2631\" data-end=\"2664\">Basic Feedback Loop Structure<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol data-start=\"2665\" data-end=\"2989\">\n<li data-start=\"2665\" data-end=\"2721\">\n<p data-start=\"2668\" data-end=\"2721\">Driver initiates warming (e.g., CO\u2082 emissions).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2722\" data-end=\"2784\">\n<p data-start=\"2725\" data-end=\"2784\">Amplifier increases that warming (e.g., water vapor).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2785\" data-end=\"2861\">\n<p data-start=\"2788\" data-end=\"2861\">The increased warming strengthens the amplifier (more water vapor).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2862\" data-end=\"2939\">\n<p data-start=\"2865\" data-end=\"2939\">Amplifier feeds back into the driver\u2019s original effect (heat retention).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2940\" data-end=\"2989\">\n<p data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"2989\">Each cycle increases faster than the last<strong data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"2989\">.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-start=\"2991\" data-end=\"3047\">This produces <strong data-start=\"3005\" data-end=\"3027\">exponential growth<\/strong>, not linear change.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3049\" data-end=\"3075\"><strong data-start=\"3053\" data-end=\"3075\">Real-World Example<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3076\" data-end=\"3363\"><strong data-start=\"3076\" data-end=\"3087\">Driver:<\/strong> CO\u2082 emissions warm the atmosphere.<br data-start=\"3122\" data-end=\"3125\" \/><strong data-start=\"3125\" data-end=\"3139\">Amplifier:<\/strong> Warming increases water vapor \u2192 water vapor traps even more heat.<br data-start=\"3205\" data-end=\"3208\" \/><strong data-start=\"3208\" data-end=\"3228\">Enhanced Driver:<\/strong> Additional trapped heat further increases CO\u2082 emissions from soils.<br data-start=\"3296\" data-end=\"3299\" \/><strong data-start=\"3299\" data-end=\"3311\">Cascade:<\/strong> The process strengthens itself at increasing speed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3365\" data-end=\"3446\">This is why <strong data-start=\"3377\" data-end=\"3395\">doubling times<\/strong> are collapsing\u2014from centuries to decades to years.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"3453\" data-end=\"3514\"><strong data-start=\"3455\" data-end=\"3514\">4. Cascading Driver\u2013Amplifier Chains (\u201cDomino Effects\u201d)<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"3516\" data-end=\"3666\">Many climate systems are now entering a regime where <strong data-start=\"3569\" data-end=\"3630\">one amplifier becomes the driver of another feedback loop<\/strong>. This is how tipping cascades form.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3668\" data-end=\"3695\"><strong data-start=\"3672\" data-end=\"3695\">Example: The Arctic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol data-start=\"3696\" data-end=\"4179\">\n<li data-start=\"3696\" data-end=\"3734\">\n<p data-start=\"3699\" data-end=\"3734\"><strong data-start=\"3699\" data-end=\"3710\">Driver:<\/strong> CO\u2082 warms the Arctic.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3735\" data-end=\"3785\">\n<p data-start=\"3738\" data-end=\"3785\"><strong data-start=\"3738\" data-end=\"3752\">Amplifier:<\/strong> Sea ice melts \u2192 lowers albedo.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3786\" data-end=\"3875\">\n<p data-start=\"3789\" data-end=\"3875\"><strong data-start=\"3789\" data-end=\"3804\">New Driver:<\/strong> Dark ocean absorbs more sunlight than ice, becoming a <em data-start=\"3859\" data-end=\"3872\">heat source<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3876\" data-end=\"3969\">\n<p data-start=\"3879\" data-end=\"3969\"><strong data-start=\"3879\" data-end=\"3897\">New Amplifier:<\/strong> Warm seawater accelerates Greenland melt \u2192 freshwater slows the AMOC.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3970\" data-end=\"4074\">\n<p data-start=\"3973\" data-end=\"4074\"><strong data-start=\"3973\" data-end=\"3995\">New Global Driver:<\/strong> Weakened AMOC disrupts weather patterns, jet streams, and heat distribution.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4075\" data-end=\"4179\">\n<p data-start=\"4078\" data-end=\"4179\"><strong data-start=\"4078\" data-end=\"4096\">New Amplifier:<\/strong> Jet stream stalls \u2192 more blocking patterns \u2192 more heat domes + cold-air outbreaks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-start=\"4181\" data-end=\"4261\">This is <strong data-start=\"4189\" data-end=\"4220\">compound nonlinear behavior<\/strong>, one of the hallmarks of runaway change.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"4268\" data-end=\"4321\"><strong data-start=\"4270\" data-end=\"4321\">5. Why Damage Grows Exponentially, Not Linearly<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"4323\" data-end=\"4448\">Exponential dynamics emerge when <strong data-start=\"4356\" data-end=\"4403\">amplifiers increase the strength of drivers<\/strong>, and drivers expand the power of amplifiers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4450\" data-end=\"4465\">This generates:<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4467\" data-end=\"4492\"><strong data-start=\"4471\" data-end=\"4492\">1. Faster warming<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4493\" data-end=\"4557\">Each additional increment of warming comes sooner than the last.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4559\" data-end=\"4587\"><strong data-start=\"4563\" data-end=\"4587\">2. Stronger extremes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4588\" data-end=\"4670\">Small increases in mean temperature produce disproportionately large increases in:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"4671\" data-end=\"4782\">\n<li data-start=\"4671\" data-end=\"4693\">\n<p data-start=\"4673\" data-end=\"4693\">heatwave intensity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4694\" data-end=\"4712\">\n<p data-start=\"4696\" data-end=\"4712\">storm rainfall<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4713\" data-end=\"4730\">\n<p data-start=\"4715\" data-end=\"4730\">wildfire area<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4731\" data-end=\"4751\">\n<p data-start=\"4733\" data-end=\"4751\">drought duration<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4752\" data-end=\"4782\">\n<p data-start=\"4754\" data-end=\"4782\">atmospheric river strength<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"4784\" data-end=\"4829\"><strong data-start=\"4788\" data-end=\"4829\">3. More synchronized global disasters<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4830\" data-end=\"4915\">Independent climate systems become correlated as they respond to the same amplifiers.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4917\" data-end=\"4959\"><strong data-start=\"4921\" data-end=\"4959\">4. Rapid loss of buffering systems<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4960\" data-end=\"5014\">Forests, soils, polar ice, and oceans lose resilience.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"5016\" data-end=\"5056\"><strong data-start=\"5020\" data-end=\"5056\">5. Emergence of tipping cascades<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"5057\" data-end=\"5110\">Multiple systems tip in succession or simultaneously.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"5117\" data-end=\"5176\"><strong data-start=\"5119\" data-end=\"5176\">6. The Result: A Climate System Entering Runaway Mode<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"5178\" data-end=\"5273\">As drivers strengthen amplifiers and amplifiers intensify drivers, the system transitions from:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5275\" data-end=\"5342\"><strong data-start=\"5275\" data-end=\"5342\">Stable \u2192 Unstable \u2192 Chaotic \u2192 Self-reinforcing runaway behavior<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5344\" data-end=\"5413\">Indicators we have already crossed into the nonlinear regime include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"5415\" data-end=\"5802\">\n<li data-start=\"5415\" data-end=\"5501\">\n<p data-start=\"5417\" data-end=\"5501\">Doubling time of sea level rise collapsing from ~100 years \u2192 ~10 years \u2192 &lt;5 years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5502\" data-end=\"5558\">\n<p data-start=\"5504\" data-end=\"5558\">Warming rates in the Arctic now 3\u20134\u00d7 global average.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5559\" data-end=\"5625\">\n<p data-start=\"5561\" data-end=\"5625\">Year-round permafrost wildfires acting as a new carbon source.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5626\" data-end=\"5726\">\n<p data-start=\"5628\" data-end=\"5726\">Forests transitioning from carbon sinks to net carbon sources (global reversal since 2022\u20132023).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5727\" data-end=\"5802\">\n<p data-start=\"5729\" data-end=\"5802\">Jet stream and AMOC stalling\/weakening beyond prior model expectations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"5804\" data-end=\"5855\">These are not projections\u2014they\u2019re <strong data-start=\"5838\" data-end=\"5854\">observations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"5862\" data-end=\"5923\"><strong data-start=\"5864\" data-end=\"5923\">7. Summary: How Drivers + Amplifiers \u2192 Runaway Feedback<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"5925\" data-end=\"6010\"><strong data-start=\"5925\" data-end=\"5936\">Drivers<\/strong> (CO\u2082, methane, ice loss, soot, land-use change): <em data-start=\"5991\" data-end=\"6010\"><strong>Initiate<\/strong> warming.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6012\" data-end=\"6114\"><strong data-start=\"6012\" data-end=\"6026\">Amplifiers<\/strong> (water vapor, ozone, permafrost, albedo loss, forest decline):<em data-start=\"6095\" data-end=\"6114\"><strong>Multiply<\/strong> warming.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6116\" data-end=\"6211\"><strong data-start=\"6116\" data-end=\"6134\">Feedback loops<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"6135\" data-end=\"6138\" \/>* <em data-start=\"6141\" data-end=\"6173\">Drivers strengthen amplifiers.<\/em><br data-start=\"6173\" data-end=\"6176\" \/>* <em data-start=\"6179\" data-end=\"6211\">Amplifiers strengthen drivers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6213\" data-end=\"6269\"><strong data-start=\"6213\" data-end=\"6269\">Result: Nonlinear, exponential climate acceleration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6271\" data-end=\"6393\">This is the underlying physics behind the increasingly rapid collapse of climate stability observed across global systems.<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Tipping-Points.html\">Tipping points<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/notes\/feedback-loops.html\">feedback loops<\/a> drive the <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Climate-Change-Acceleration-Rate.html\">acceleration of climate change<\/a>. When one tipping point is breached and triggers others, the cascading collapse is known as the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Domino-Effect-Tipping-Points-Toppled.html\">Domino Effect<\/a><\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p><center><b>The Climate Crisis: <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Violent-Rain.html\">Violent Rain<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Deadly-Humid-Heat.html\">Deadly Humid Heat<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Health-Collapse.html\">Health Collapse<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/extreme-weather-events.html\">Extreme Weather Events<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Insurance-Cost-and-Availability.html\">Insurance<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/trees\/\">Trees and Deforestation<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Soil-and-Climate-Change.html\">Soil<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/sea-level-rising.html\">Rising Sea Level<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Food-and-Water.html\">Food and Water<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/category\/global-warming-2\/\">Updates<\/a><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/index.html\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/amplification\/\">Amplification<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers-Best-Of.mp3 Drivers-Best-Of.mp4 Drivers.mp3 Drivers.mp4 Drivers-intro.mp3 [Intro] Intense fires (Intensifiers) Driving drivers (Amplifiers) [Verse 1] Self-reinforcing runaway behavior (That&#8217;s boy is out of control) Got a death wish&#8230; that&#8217;s for sure (Playing the Beelzebub role) [Chorus] Drivers driving amplifiers Amplifiers amplify drivers In a disastrous dance (Man&#8217;s taking a chance) [Bridge] Intense fires (Intensifiers) Driving drivers [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,5,9,14],"tags":[4186,163],"class_list":["post-48804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-chaos-theory","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-amplification","tag-climate-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48804"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48830,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48804\/revisions\/48830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}