[Intro]
(Hear, ye, hear, ye:)
Lies won’t suffice
Pay the price
[Verse 1]
Pump and drill
More until
It’s said,
“We’re all dead.”
[Bridge]
Lies won’t suffice
Pay the price
[Chorus]
Vermont:
Thou shalt not
Maim and kill
Without paying the bill
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Verse 2]
Burn and spew
Just won’t do
Do the crime
Pay on time
[Bridge]
Lies won’t suffice
Pay the price
[Chorus]
Vermont:
Thou shalt not
Maim and kill
Without paying the bill
[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Synthesizers]
[Bridge]
Lies won’t suffice
Pay the price
Take advice
Pay the price
Greed and vice
Pay the price
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Chorus]
Vermont:
Thou shalt not
Maim and kill
Without paying the bill
[Outro]
Lies won’t suffice
Pay the price
A SCIENCE NOTE
Vermont First State to Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay for Climate Damage
May 31, 2024 — Vermont has enacted a groundbreaking law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages, following severe summer flooding and other extreme weather events. The new law mandates the Vermont state treasurer, alongside the Agency of Natural Resources, to report by January 15, 2026, on the costs incurred by Vermonters and the state due to greenhouse gas emissions from January 1, 1995, to December 31, 2024. This assessment will cover loss and damage to public health, natural resources, agriculture, economic development, housing, and more, using federal data to attribute emissions to specific fossil fuel companies.
The Age of Loss and Damage
Humans will experience greater loss and damage to life and quality of life from air pollution, decreasing supply of potable water, extreme weather events, disease, and other adverse health outcomes. The greatest short term climate change risk to human health is deadly humid heat (wet-bulb temperature).
Traditional economics is based upon the “costs and benefits” to society. Since there are no known long-term benefits of climate change to society, the Age of Loss and Damage economics focuses on the exponential costs of climate change to society.
Loss and damage litigation against oil companies and governments will change world economics.