Our Voice by Choice

[Verse 1]
The citizens cast their vote
(Humanity’s held remote)
They holler with their dollar
(Vanity is to gloat)

[Break]
The predicament
Of less permanent
[Bridge]
Apparent

[Chorus]
Politicians we choose
To be our voice
If we cruise to lose
It’s by choice

[Verse 2]
The citizens cast their vote
(Insanity takes note)
They holler with their dollar
(Vanity floats the boat)

[Break]
The predicament
Of less permanent
[Bridge]
Apparent

[Chorus]
Politicians we choose
To be our voice
If we cruise to lose
It’s by choice

[Bridge]
The predicament
Of less permanent
Apparent
(Our voice)
(By choice)

[Outro
Our voice
By choice

A SCIENCE NOTE
The U.S. is among the least prepared nations, with the highest percentage of climate deniers. Political inaction exacerbates the problem, particularly as the Republican Party often dismisses climate change as a fabricated issue while advocating for increased fossil fuel production. Ironically, human industrial activities are a primary cause of climate change. Despite some progress under President Biden, the U.S. remains the world’s largest producer of oil and gas, with both major political parties favoring emergency disaster funding over proactive climate prevention measures.

In 2023, the U.S. experienced 28 major weather and climate-related disasters, each costing over a billion dollars. These events included hurricanes, wildfires, severe storms, and flooding, some causing economic damages of hundreds of billions of dollars. Compounding these challenges, in June 2024, the Supreme Court significantly curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority, limiting its ability to regulate emissions and enforce environmental standards — a severe blow to decades of progress.

The government’s actions reveal a troubling mix of ignorance and indifference, turning what were once “worst-case” climate predictions into our current “best-case” scenarios. Updated climate models, now incorporating social-ecological factors, project that global temperatures could rise by as much as 9°C within this century — a drastic increase compared to previous estimates of a 4°C rise over the next millennium. Such extreme warming could push the planet toward a critical “wet-bulb” temperature threshold, where heat and humidity exceed the human body’s capacity to cool itself, posing severe and potentially lethal health risks. The need for decisive and immediate action has never been more urgent as climate change continues to spiral beyond control.

Unfortunately, that’s the reality. The root of the problem lies with us — the people. Government officials simply reflect our choices. Until consumer demands become more socially responsible, we’ll continue to get exactly what we want — and deserve. Each person bears the responsibility to minimize pollution, discontinue the use of fossil fuels, reduce consumption, and foster a culture of love and care. Only then can we drive the collective action needed to address the climate crisis and build a sustainable future.

* Our climate model employs chaos theory to comprehensively consider human impacts and projects a potential global average temperature increase of 9℃ above pre-industrial levels.

Our Voice by Choice

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

From the The End “Of the Line” and the album “A Negril Chill” by Narley Marley

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