An original song about daily global energy usage
[Verse 1] 580 trillion BTUs
580 trillion BTUs consumed
How do you measure a day of power?
In coal mines, in oil wells
In solar panels catching light
In windmills spinning through the hour
580 trillion BTUs
How do you measure a world’s demand?
In factories running through the night
In cities blazing bright
In phones that charge, in cars that drive
In keeping billions alive
[Chorus] How about watts?
How about joules?
How about the fuel that moves our lives?
Measure in watts
Measure in joules
Measure in the power that survives
580 trillion BTUs
580 trillion BTUs per day
From sunrise up to sunset’s glow
The energy must flow
[Verse 2] It’s time now to sing out
Though the grid may strain and shout
Remember the carbon in the air
The future that we share
From nuclear splitting atoms clean
To rivers running through turbines
From natural gas burning blue
To biomass that’s grown and new
[Bridge] How do you measure the cost of light?
In degrees that warm the night
In melting ice, in rising seas
In what we leave for you and me
[Final Chorus] 580 trillion BTUs
580 trillion BTUs today
How do we power tomorrow’s dawn?
When fossil fuels are gone
In solar rays and ocean waves
In wind that future generations saves
580 trillion BTUs
The choice is up to me and you
580 trillion BTUs!
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