Posted on 11/08/2015 12:47:28 PM PST by CedarDave
On Nov. 10, Bill Nye will release a new book titled âUnstoppable.â As only Bill Nye can, he uses the book to explain the science behind climate change, debunks popular myths, and asks readers to take action in their own lives to create a sustainable future. The book is shot through with optimism, but Nye has no illusions about what lies ahead. The message is simple: Climate change is real; humans are causing it; and we have no choice but to build a better and cleaner world.
Salon spoke with Nye about his new book and about his broader intentions. We asked him what he thought about climate deniers and the persistent anti-science demagoguery around this issue. Our conversation is below and has been edited for clarity and length.
So why did you write this book? Why now? And whatâs your central message?
My goal is to change the world! Really, thatâs what Iâm trying to do. Obviously, this book isnât going to change the world, but it is part of the bigger idea that we all have to think optimistically about this. Weâve got to go into this knowing we have a hard challenge but that weâre going to win this fight, and weâre going to save the earth for humanity.
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And he is a disgrace to our profession.
Global warming is not science. It's politics. It's purpose is to enrich hustlers and empower socialists.
Nothing but complete garbage is associated in any way with salon.com.
I don’t know why anyone would want to spend the effort to click on a link that has the site included in any way - even at Free Republic.
I’m doing it for the purpose of asking the question - why does any conservative give them the traffic ... or is FR filling up with trolls?
No troll here. But to the meat of your comment, most of the time you would be correct — Salon is not worth posting here on FR. But Bill Nye is such a deplorable figure, passing himself off as a premier scientist on this subject, that he acts as a lightning rod for those scientists and those who have educated themselves on the issue. Unfortunately his rhetoric is accepted as true by those folks (especially the young) with heads full of mush. The wealth of negative comments on this article helps expose him to others.
To your greater point, from the earliest days of FR we have posted articles (or excerpts from them) from websites that are not conservative (LA Times, WA Post and NY Times come to mind). From the volume of comments on my post, I’d say that many read the whole article at Salon and I would expect that one or more FR members contributed to the negative comments on that article.
The reason for my outburst was that I've gotten to the point that merely reading that the source of a piece was sa**n is enough to preclude me from clicking the link to open the FR posting. I'm seeing way too many of inane, obviously anti- anything and everything that was good about the U.S.A. posted from that site.
FReegards.
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