Posted on 05/14/2019 8:22:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Sunday, actor and activist Bill Nye — known as "the science guy" — dismissed the high cost of the Green New Deal with a cheap stunt: lighting a globe on 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 declared on the HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. "What I’m saying is the planet’s on f**king 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 f**k up. You’re not children anymore," Nye added, directing his message toward millennials who grew up watching his show Bill Nye the Science Guy. "I didn’t mind explaining photosynthesis to you when you were twelve, but you’re adults now and this is an actual crisis. Got it?"
Nye's message came at the end of a segment with John Oliver, in which Oliver kept asking Nye for "fun, visual stunts" explaining carbon pricing. The actor defended the idea of taxing carbon.
"Putting a fee on carbon creates incentives to emit less carbon, and, more importantly, it also incentivizes the development of low-carbon technology, which is huge, because that's vital to reducing emissions globally," Nye said. He snidely added, "And because for some reason, John, you're a 42-year-old man who needs his attention sustained by tricks, here's some f***ing Mentos and a bottle of Diet Coke. Happy now?"
Waleed Shahid, a former staffer for Green New Deal author Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and current communications director for Justice Democrats, tweeted the video with this message: "how to pay for the green new deal by bill nye."
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‘The Planet’s on F**king Fire... Nothing’s Free You Idiots’
Take a chill pill, Bill
A person once told me, “if you’re going to tell a lie, you must believe the lie.”
This guy has taken that “advice” to the extreme.
Why does paying more money to a controlling authority cure the planet?
All these people are just perfect examples of the saying:
“It better to stay silent and be though a fool, than to speak an remove all doubt.”
Two things guaranteed to greatly amuse the adolescent liberal mind: profanities and gags that try to make ederly has-beens “hip”.
(Apologies and my sympathy to Betty White.)
He may not be a scientist, but they’ll let this actor tell you all about his cult beliefs based on fake science until you pay into the scheme and believe as well!
Somebody’s off their lithium........................
How much you wanna bet that China is financially supporting every one of these “champions” of “saving mother earth”!
How much has Nye been paid to push his anti America BS cloaked as for the planet.
Who besides the Deep State Elites pay this BSing bastard?
Is he paid by Russia/Russia, China/China, and Mexico/Mexico???
Nothing gives credence to a discussion, scientific or otherwise, like an F bomb./s
This snake-oil salesman loser is exposing his base, classless self. The F-bomb always elevates discussion...no??? And to think that thee are many who think this anti-science idiot is worth listening to...
Would someone please point out the fire to me. Saturday we had 1/2” of snow today May 14, I awoke to 2” of snow, it’s noon, it’s 39f outside. There are no leaves on the trees yet, they’ve barely come to bud, the mud is ass deep, there’s no way to mow my lawn until at least the first week of June. Please show me the fire, I’m freezing to death!
Nothing like telling those you are trying to persuade that they are stupid. And cursing at them.
Graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineeringin 1977, started doing stand-up comedy in 1978, quit his day job in 1986.
He’s full of something that starts with “s” but it’s not “science”...
Am I the only one that remembered that the Mentos in a soda bottle thing releases an explosive amount of CO2 gas ?
I mean.. a lot of CO2.
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