Who hasn’t heard of Bill Nye
the Science Guy? You know,
that dude in a lab coat
who really seems to know
his sciency stuff, right?
Well, it turns out Bill Nye
is really more of a wind-up
doll who just spouts talking
points. Sorry. I know a lot
of you younger folks grew up
watching him on TV so you
still see him as an authority
figure, but he’s an
entertainer, not a scientist.
Bill spends a lot of time
these days working as a
spokesman for climate
change hysteria.
His schtick is to talk real
fast while throwing a lot
of charts and graphs at you.
Bill knows all, so you don’t
need to do any thinking.
Just take his word for it.
There’s no need to dissect all
the dumb, debatable and thoroughly
debunked stuff Bill has said
on the issue of climate change.
A lot of people have already
done that already.
What I want to point out is
the stuff that the supposed
science guy hopes you never
notice and the questions he
doesn’t want asked. Bill is
fond of saying “Climate Change
is real!” which is like
saying, “The sky is blue.”
Nobody is claiming there aren’t
natural climate cycles. Nobody.
So why does Bill say this?
He says it because he wants to
label skeptics of catastrophic
human-caused climate change as
deniers, thereby discrediting
them. It’s a linguistic trick
portraying people as saying
something they are not, and
Bill should be ashamed of
himself for doing it.
The people Bill calls “deniers”
aren’t denying anything.
Many of these skeptics believe
human activities are having
some impact on the earth’s
climate system, but it’s not
nearly so clear-cut as Bill
and his army of alarmists suggest.
Our climate is the most complex
system known to man and there
are still a lot of big factors
we are just now beginning to
understand. The skeptics are
simply saying that the alarmists
are making claims that they
cannot possibly know to be
true scientifically. One
of Bill’s favorite talking
points is that most of the
last 15 years have been the
hottest on record. What he
doesn’t tell you is that
the record we’ve actually
measured with instruments
only extends back to the mid
1800’s and we know that data
was tampered with. Nobody
in the field of geology
disputes the fact that the earth
was significantly warmer in
the past eras than it is today.
So, Nye claiming “hottest on
record” is yet another linguistic
trick. Let’s say you buy the
scientific certainty that Bill
is selling on Climate Change.
What then? You never
hear the science guy
in a bowtie talk about the fact
that the largest growth of CO2
emissions from burning fossil
fuels is coming from the
developing world. China, India,
Indonesia and so many other
poor countries are just now
having their industrial revolutions.
How does Bill suggest we stop
nations from using abundant
and affordable fossil fuels
so they can live like we do?
Bill claims wind and solar
power can replace fossil fuels.
He’s been a loud proponent of
something called “The Solutions
Project” but this 100% renewable
fantasy has been soundly
discredited because of
implausible assumptions, modeling
errors and bad analysis.
And of course the costs of
even trying to make our society
100% renewable will be
astronomically high.
Bill Nye isn’t a scientist,
or even a big thinker.
He’s simply a spokesman spouting
talking points given to him by
people who are trying to
brainwash you into how to
think about energy.
The common goal is money
and power over how you live.
Don’t take my word for it.
And definitely don’t take the
word of Bill Nye the Talking
Point Guy. Do a little
investigating yourself, armed
with data, logic, reason, and
skepticism. You know, the kind
of thing real science guys do.
For the Clear Energy Alliance,
I’m Mark Mathis.
Power On.
