Bill Nye Totally Wanted Someone To Ask Questions On ‘Climate Change’ At GOP Debate

Sorry, entertainment guy, most people do not care about the issue that much. Questions on Hotcoldwetdry are barely asked at Democratic debates, but, CNN allows Nye to write this screed anyhow

(CNN) Here’s hoping someone in Houston, at CNN’s Republican debate Thursday night, can manage to ask the candidates a question like: “Mr. _______, you’ve stated repeatedly that you feel that climate change and global warming are not things we need to worry about in the short or even long term; why do you disagree with the world’s science community and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?”

Then, I’m hoping that the same person or another citizen asks a follow-up: “Mr. _______, would you say that you believe your intuition and experience with weather are more scientifically correct than the research done by the world’s climate scientists, and do you believe that the world’s scientists are part of a conspiracy?”

As to the first, it seems that not everyone in the scientific community agrees. When we dig into that 97% consensus “paper”, we find that only about 36% take a position that Mankind is mostly/solely the cause, and the rest think it is, at most, 50% caused by Mankind. If the UN and these people were really concerned they would modify their own use of fossil fuels, energy, their shopping habits, etc, and make their own lives carbon neutral. Furthermore, they might offer rock solid proof of their beliefs using the scientific method. They fail on all accounts.

The second question highlights what this is really about: politics. Throughout his screed Nye offers zero scientific proof that Mankind is mostly/solely responsible for the warming since 1850. What we do see is that the models from Warmists consistently fail, and that the data is continuously massaged, modified, and manufactured to fit the hypothesis, which is the exact opposite of how the Scientific Method works.

As you may know, the three front-running candidates are apparently in denial about the effects and seriousness of climate change and global warming. As a voter and taxpayer, I’d like to know why each of them has no apparent concern about a problem that is worrying people all over the rest of the world. And by the way, those same people are very much hoping the U.S. will lead, showing the way to produce all of our energy renewably.

As I’ve written time and time again, if this is such a darned serious problem, why do so few Warmists act like it is a serious problem and make changes in their own lives? Why does this always seem to result in a push for taxes and central government restrictions and requirements for citizens and private entities? Why does Nye take so many fossil fueled trips? Why is he not demanding that his appearances be powered solely by “renewables”?

I will give him one thing: he has a point on moving towards a bigger use of solar, wind, and other renewables. But, we have to be smart about it, making sure they work, that the cost is on par with things like oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear (and, we need more nuclear). That the footprint of these projects is drastically reduced, so we aren’t despoiling the country with wind turbines and solar farms.

There would be no need to import oil from purveyors in the Middle East with whom have deep philosophical, uh… difficulties.

Of course, we could also drill for all the energy the US needs if Democrats would get out of the way.

I’ve said before and I’ll say again: Warmists should stop linking everything to Hotcoldwetdry. Stop pushing renewables along those lines. It guarantees opposition. Instead, we should find a way to bridge the gap and push for better research to make renewables cost effective and have smaller footprints, with less danger to the environment. Leave ‘climate change’ out when you talk to a Republican, and I bet you’ll get agreement, rather than a fight.

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3 Responses to “Bill Nye Totally Wanted Someone To Ask Questions On ‘Climate Change’ At GOP Debate”

  1. john says:

    Teach I am unsure of which “paper” you are referring
    from Skeptical Science
    https://www.skepticalscience.com/97-percent-consensus-robust.htm Nevertheless, the existence of the expert consensus on human-caused global warming is a reality, as is clear from an examination of the full body of evidence. For example, Naomi Oreskes found no rejections of the consensus in a survey of 928 abstracts performed in 2004. Doran & Zimmerman (2009) found a 97% consensus among scientists actively publishing climate research. Anderegg et al. (2010) reviewed publicly signed declarations supporting or rejecting human-caused global warming, and again found over 97% consensus among climate experts. Cook et al. (2013) found the same 97% result through a survey of over 12,000 climate abstracts from peer-reviewed journals, as well as from over 2,000 scientist author self-ratings, among abstracts and papers taking a position on the causes of global warming.

    In addition to these studies, we have the National Academies of Science from 33 different countries all endorsing the consensus. Dozens of scientific organizations have endorsed the consensus on human-caused global warming. Only one has ever rejected the consensus – the American Association of Petroleum Geologists – and even they shifted to a neutral position when members threatened to not renew their memberships due to its position of climate denial.

    In short, the 97% consensus on human-caused global warming is a robust result, found using several different methods in various studies over the past decade. It really shouldn’t be a surprise at this point, and denying it is, well, denial.
    My fav part is when the single scientific organization American Association of Petroleum Engineers first rejected endorsing that “consensus” but later retracted its rejection when members revolted and threatened not to renew their membership
    And those were people who worked in the fossil fuel industry

  2. Jeffery says:

    As to the first, it seems that not everyone in the scientific community agrees. When we dig into that 97% consensus “paper”, we find that only about 36% take a position that Mankind is mostly/solely the cause, and the rest think it is, at most, 50% caused by Mankind.

    That’s not the 36% value from JonOva is it??? She was shown to be a liar in this forum.

    Teach you repeat the same friggin’ lies! Overwhelming data support the theory of AGW. Almost every scientist understands this.

    The models have not failed. That’s a lie generated largely by Spencer/Christy, and spread by the likes of you.

    Finally, you claim that we’re all striving for the same thing, namely to switch from dirty fossil fuels to clean renewables but the problem is that climate realists keep bringing up climate change. jesus…

  3. drowningpuppies says:

    “There is this mismatch between what the climate models are producing and what the observations are showing,” says lead author John Fyfe, a climate modeller at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis in Victoria, British Columbia. “We can’t ignore it.”

    Oh my!

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