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Bill Nye says it's time to grow up and realize the planet is on fire
CNN ^ | May 13, 2019 | Chloe Melas

Posted on 05/13/2019 12:00:00 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Bill Nye wants to remind you of the seriousness of global warming and he's not mincing words.

The well known science commentator appeared on "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" on Sunday and put things bluntly while talking about the Green New Deal, introduced by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey.

Nye wants you to know, "The planet's on [expletive] fire."

"By the end of this century, if emissions keep rising, the average temperature on Earth could go up another four to eight degrees," Nye said. "What I'm saying is the planet's on [expletive] fire. There are a lot of things we could do to put it out -- are any of them free? No, of course not. Nothing's free, you idiots. Grow the [expletive] up. You're not children anymore. I didn't mind explaining photosynthesis to you when you were 12. But you're adults now, and this is an actually crisis, got it? Safety glasses off, [expletive]."

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To: EdnaMode

Talk to China and India. I’m warming-deaf.


81 posted on 05/13/2019 12:56:36 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: EdnaMode

When those “environmentally conscious” celebs and politicians stop inhabiting 5,000-sq.ft. mansions, flying in private aircraft and riding in limousines, then we might take their squawking more seriously.


82 posted on 05/13/2019 1:00:36 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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To: EdnaMode

Maybe Bill the fake science guy might placate Mother Earth by jumping into a volcano.


83 posted on 05/13/2019 1:01:39 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Love the meme.

Mr. Nye has a BS in Engineering. That probably makes him a moderately bright fellow, Cornell is (or at least, was) a decent engineering school back in the day.

However, I too have a BS in Engineering. Makes me equally qualified.

In fact, perhaps a bit more so as I didn't make a career out of mugging for a camera on a kid's TV show, and then spend the last 20 years (show was cancelled in 1999, I looked) trading on that exhausted social status.

84 posted on 05/13/2019 1:02:20 PM PDT by wbill
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To: EdnaMode

Earth on fire, indeed. 1000 years ago, the earth was warmer than it is today. In dinosaur days, it was 12 degrees warmer. Get back to us when we pass those limits.


85 posted on 05/13/2019 1:02:33 PM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: EdnaMode
It's time to grow up and realize:

Peak Oil came and went. We ran out of oil years ago... use horses to get around today.

Millions died of skin cancer caused by the Massive Hole in the Ozone ... it kept getting larger just like the ‘scientists’ said it would... We hide in our homes day - afraid to go outside.

Global Freezing killed hundreds of millions too... Glaciers down to New York last I heard.

Early global warming had much of Manhattan Island underwater by 2010... guess millions drowned...

The Population Bomb was the worst - with massive starvation around the world by 2000...

So we all need to grow up 'cause this time the ‘chicken littles’ are telling the truth - unlike the other 50 times when they were just plain old nuts.

86 posted on 05/13/2019 1:03:37 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Elites reflexively exempt themselves from the ravages of their own policies." - nathanbedford)
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To: pfflier

He is carefully protected by the media from such questions.


87 posted on 05/13/2019 1:04:38 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Prov 24: Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not associate with those given to change.)
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To: ScottinVA
When those “environmentally conscious” celebs and politicians stop inhabiting 5,000-sq.ft. mansions, flying in private aircraft and riding in limousines, then we might take their squawking more seriously.

I'll take they're squawking seriously when they start selling their seaside mansions...

88 posted on 05/13/2019 1:07:42 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Elites reflexively exempt themselves from the ravages of their own policies." - nathanbedford)
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To: EdnaMode

Wonder when we will hear he has cancer or some kind of organ failure.


89 posted on 05/13/2019 1:10:06 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: EdnaMode
The weather model missed Saturday's weather by 10-15 from 3 days out. Each day increases the error. So how much do we trust 12 years out?

Meanwhile Climate is the summation of worldwide weather over time so these pathetic models have to nail the weather everywhere and sum it up over a years time.

90 posted on 05/13/2019 1:10:17 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Prov 24: Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not associate with those given to change.)
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To: EdnaMode

Bill Nye is providing a lot of evidence for not legalizing pot.


91 posted on 05/13/2019 1:11:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: EdnaMode

Bill Nye is a major liberal idiot, plain and simple.

As if one needs further proof, invest 3 minutes into this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDBD_HXtMs

This guy is seriously disturbed.


92 posted on 05/13/2019 1:13:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Grampa Dave

and Ozone! something about Ozone!!! 11 years and 7 months!


93 posted on 05/13/2019 1:17:03 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: EdnaMode

It’s way too wet in my part of the world for it to be on fire.


94 posted on 05/13/2019 1:17:43 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: EdnaMode

Right now I’m experiencing the coolest spring I have ever seen here in El Paso. Usually the temperatures are at least 15 degrees higher. Today’s high is only 74. Sometimes we have seen triple digits in May.


95 posted on 05/13/2019 1:19:35 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA!)
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To: SMGFan
"Bill Nye says it's time to grow up and realize the planet is on fire"


96 posted on 05/13/2019 1:20:44 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: EdnaMode

Sorry Bill, I’m more of a Don Herbert kinda guy.


97 posted on 05/13/2019 1:22:18 PM PDT by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Before he became the science guy,

He was the free government money for stuff guy

98 posted on 05/13/2019 1:24:11 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: EdnaMode

Drop what you’re doing ... a mechanical engineer has told us to clean up our act.


99 posted on 05/13/2019 1:26:01 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: davius

Bill Nye

Go to China

Go to India

Go to Africa

Peddle this tripe there and perhaps you will SAVE the planet.


100 posted on 05/13/2019 1:40:27 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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