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[Intro]
Record-breaking
(Production)
Breathtaking
(Consumption)
[Verse 1]
Global moral hazard
Leading our disaster
Hazard a guess, yes
It’s us… leading the charge faster
[Chorus]
Record-breaking
(Production)
Breathtaking
(Consumption)
[Verse 2]
Supercharging feedback loops
Primate’s climate
Jumping through hoops
(Ooops… Mother’s irate!)
Look at our state
[Chorus]
Record-breaking
(Production)
Breathtaking
(Consumption)
[Bridge]
Maximum
(Extraction)
The state we’re in
(Bringin’ on extinction)
[Chorus]
Record-breaking
(Production)
Breathtaking
(Consumption)
[Outro]
Maximum
(Extraction)
The state we’re in
(Bringin’ on extinction)
A SCIENCE NOTE
The U.S. setting record-breaking levels of petroleum and fossil fuel production has significantly worsened the climate crisis—both directly and indirectly. Here’s how:
1. Direct Emissions Increases (CO₂ and Methane)
Despite global pledges to cut emissions, the U.S. has become the world’s largest oil and gas producer—with record output in 2023 and 2024:
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Oil production hit an all-time high in 2023 at over 13 million barrels/day.
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Natural gas production and exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) also hit records.
These fossil fuels are either burned domestically or exported and burned elsewhere. Either way, they:
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Emit billions of tons of CO₂ into the atmosphere.
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Leak methane, a super-potent greenhouse gas (84x stronger than CO₂ over 20 years), especially during fracking, transport, and venting.
Result: U.S. emissions are not declining fast enough to meet climate targets, and exported fuels make things worse globally.
2. Locking In Carbon Infrastructure (Carbon Lock-In Effect)
Every new well, pipeline, refinery, and LNG terminal represents a long-term investment in fossil infrastructure:
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These systems are designed to run for 30–50 years.
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They create powerful economic and political pressure to keep using fossil fuels even as the climate crisis deepens.
Result: This undermines the energy transition and makes it harder to meet goals like net-zero by 2050.
3. Undercutting Clean Energy Progress
U.S. fossil fuel expansion lowers global oil/gas prices (at least temporarily), which:
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Incentivizes consumption instead of efficiency.
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Makes clean energy alternatives like solar, wind, and EVs look relatively more expensive.
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Delays global decarbonization, especially in emerging economies.
Result: U.S. production acts as a climate “drag,” slowing the global shift away from fossil fuels.
4. Supercharging Climate Feedback Loops
By enabling more emissions:
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More extreme heat → more air conditioning → more electricity → more natural gas burned.
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More droughts → more wildfires → more carbon released from forests.
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More Arctic ice melt → less sunlight reflected → faster warming.
Result: U.S. fossil fuel production is not just feeding climate change—it’s accelerating feedback loops that are very hard to stop.
5. Global Moral Hazard
The U.S. claims to lead the world on climate—but its fossil fuel boom sends the opposite message:
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Other countries (e.g. Canada, Saudi Arabia, Russia) feel justified in expanding production too.
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The credibility of U.S. climate diplomacy suffers—why should poorer nations transition when the richest keeps drilling?
Result: The U.S. is undermining its own international climate commitments and the Paris Agreement framework.