Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Willie Soon & Breitbart – Bill Nye wants to “engage everybody”, get everyone on board his global warming action bandwagon by punishing “hillbillies” and imposing economic sanctions on red states which don’t comply with his climate demands.
Bill Nye: Blue States Will ‘Impose Economic Sanctions’ Against Climate Change-Denying States
… Nye said, “Only 40 percent of people in the U.S. think that Congress should be addressing this and that’s because certain conservative groups, especially from the fossil fuel industry, have been very successful in introducing the idea that scientific uncertainty, plus or minus two percent, is the same as plus or minus 100 percent.”
He continued, “There’s a lot of emphasis from conservatives on what are writ-large states rights. Just watch out, conservatives, if states rights include California, Illinois, New York — these places that, where people voted in a progressive fashion — watch out if all those places start to address climate change and then impose economic sanctions, either overtly or by default, on places that have not embraced the work that needs to be done. Then you’ll end up with this states rights working the other way.”
He added, “We’ve got to remind people that we’re all in this together. The people I think about all the time are what are eloquently stated as the hillbillies. We want to engage everybody. Not working to address climate change is in no one’s best interest. It is not in the best interest, especially of your children and grandchildren. …
Read more (includes a video): http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/12/29/bill-nye-blue-states-will-impose-economic-sanctions-climate-change-denying-states/
In the video Bill Nye also said “we’ve got to get everybody working together, the same way people were working together in world war 2“. Bill Nye’s plan for getting people to work together, for achieving unity, is to call people names and threaten economic war against states which don’t embrace his policy recommendations.
My question – if Bill Nye really believes renewables are cheaper and more reliable than fossil fuels, why does he feel the need to make economic threats and call people names?
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Nye the Lyin’ Guy knows less about the Constitution than he does about science in general and climatology in particular..
In Article 1, Section 8, the Constitution specifically grants the Federal Government the enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce. Accordingly, it would be illegal/unconstitutional for Blue states to impose economic sanctions on Red States.
The 9th and 10th Amendements (States/Individual Rights) only allow states and individuals to excerices powers NOT specifically ENUMERATED to the Federal government…
Nye is such an idiot.
The progressives have weaponized the IRS and the FBI, why not do the same with the blue states. Seems like a logical next step.
Global warming is supposed to be caused by global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet I do not see any mention of the other countries with 96% of the global population and 87% of global emissions. The developing countries, with over 80% of the global population, have not signed up to decrease their emissions. Most, like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and most African of the 50+ nations will increase emissions for decades to come.
Further, fossil fuels are abundant. Proven reserves of oil, gas and coal, when burnt, will produce around three times the 1000GtO2e of emissions the IPCC reckons will produce 2C of warming, yet fossil fuels only account for two-thirds of global emissions. I produced a chart showing in terms of emissions where the major proven reserves of fossil fuels are located.
To reach the targets to prevent “dangerous global warming”, Around 75% of all proven reserves of fossil fuels must be left in the ground. I am not aware of anyone even broaching the subject with Russia, Saudi Arabia, China, Iran, Iraq, India, Indonesia, Ukraine, etc. – let alone seriously tabling any sort of binding agreement. I am sure a dose of Bill Nye will cause them to cooperate fully.
While the Bill and others enter into the discussions about leaving fossil fuels in the ground, they should remember that there are at least 3 times the potential emissions from unproven, but likely reserves – and maybe over 20 times. This is speculative, but the estimates of the past few decades have always underestimated these figures.
https://manicbeancounter.com/2017/11/22/the-supply-side-of-climate-mitigation-is-toothless/
“Climate change denying states”
People – not states – ‘deny.’
Mr. Nye reveals his collectivist, statist agenda. Climate change is not about the environment. It is a weapon in the war to get us to accept socialism.
Exactly and a larger world government. Anyone with any political acumen and a knowledge of history can see that it is a political/social ploy to justify the transfer for more wealth and assets from the private sector to government control. The moment I became interested in climate science was when I realized how many politicians were supporting the meme.
What united countries like Britain and the USA in WW2 was a militant fascist threat.
Bill Nye is indeed exactly that – a militant fascist. So he can indeed aspire to unite the fighters for freedom to smash the yoke of ecofascism. Bring it on, Billy!
Didn’t know I was a “hillbilly” up here in Wyoming? Y’all come see us sometime, hear.
His use of the derogatory term “hillbilly” is both an ethnic slur against those of scots-irish descent who settled in the Appalachia region, as well as an ignorant slur of Skeptics. The stereotypical “hillbilly” for the most part has vanished, existing only in popular culture. In a general sense, it is also a slur against those who reside in more rural areas. What a miserable excuse for a human being he is.
exactly…..the same people that would be screaming their heads off….throw those slurs around at will
…and at the very least would drag you into court for using it
Needs to have the tables turned on them big time….
By far, the most bigoted people I have ever met, have been liberals.
eloquently stated as the hillbillies.
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I’m reliably told by a retired professor of agriculture in the Midwest that:
1. most farmers know more about climate than most phd’s. those farmers that don’t are called bankrupt not hillbillies.
2. most farmers don’t believe in global warming or climate change as anything more than a tax grab from Washington all dressed up to look real by government scientists and Hollywood celebrities.
3. most farmers know that throwing money at Washington has never solved anything. the climate changes, you plant something different next year.
What Bill Nye doesn’t seem to realize is that we fought the war he wants in early November of 2016. HIs side lost, thankfully.
He doesn’t accept the outcome. He sees himself as a crusader to save the ignorant masses from rejecting his government approved religion. And if he has to trash the Constitution in the process, he is fine with that.
You can tell he has spent a great deal of time thinking this through. He has had 14 months to ponder this. And this is the best he can come up with. That is an indictment of how much firepower he has between his ears.
Ah Billy boy..yer getting long in the tooth. There’s more time behind you, than in front of you.
Not much time left…and you have lived under a lot of stress for a long time. You worry so much…then all of sudden.
Your gasping for air, and the lies you been pumping out, are getting harder and harder to tell.
Careful about curses…
This is what happens when an engineer by degree thinks he earned a climatologist degree just because he played a scientist part on a Television Show. Please let the fool know that we understand from real scientists that there was an Ice Age, A Mini Ice Age, days of the dinosaur. Oh and frankly when it’s warmer more things grow…….the poles have not melted and frankly if they do the people would just move to new areas. As they have done for many thousands of years……what a kook.
I don’t get the whole Nye thing as he’s not really heard of this part of the world. Do people actually listen to this guy
Zero
So much for the 1st Amendment. This is a blatant attack on individual thought. There is NOTHING ‘settled’ about the scientific study of global warming.
Oh, but don’t forget: conservatives have “weaponized” the First Amendment. Yep, I actually see that being said now. Because unless you think the right thoughts and say the right things, you’re a bad person – unlike e.g. Louis C.K. who said Trump was the same as Hitler. Louis is an awesome human being because of that – right? And war is peace, and freedom is slavery.
Don’t you know, there’s a hate speech exception to the first amendment, all the liberals I know have told me this.
Of course liberals define anything they disagree with as hate speech.
The supreme court, when it upheld McCain/Feinstein ruled that there is a governmental interest that overrides the first amendment as well.
I suppose Bill Nye is suggesting California will withhold shipping Tesla vehicles to hillbillies as part of his economic retribution. Once Tesla figures out how to make them I suppose.
California already imposes its ideas on the rest of us (and not with Festivus)
If you look at automotive mileage, air conditioning efficiency, furnace emissions, appliance ratings, etc you’ll see that because of their huge market, the state is able drag the rest of the country with them on their green mandates.
I loved him as the Science Guy but now he is far beyond the pale. He has put up his tent on the playground of incompetence.
Mr. Nye is correct when he says states like California have voted progressive on climate change. But warning others who may disagree is a fool’s errand. It’s entirely possible that California voters will change their votes as the cost of what they’ve voted for becomes clearer. Also, if skeptics are proven right about the futility of chasing a red herring becomes clear, the Bill Nyes of the world will have their comeuppance.
Germany is somewhat ahead of California in their efforts to phase out fossil fuels. As the costs mount up it will be interesting to see whether the political support for this changes. I wouldn’t be surprised if it did.
Bill Nye has been Trumped.
Yes, he has. Bill Nye is old news.
Perfect. Those who still have rational and sane energy policies will benefit from lower costs. The market (global) will take care of these economic sanctions because the best price / quality ratio usually wins across the entire market over time.
Bill Nye the Idiot Guy can FOAD.
Are you saying he is FUBAR or just TU?
Bill Nye is a Progressive Supremacist who would justify genocide to impose progressive tyranny.
Forget the miniscule and of no significance fringe of neo nazis or white supremacists.
Progressive Supremacy is the biggest hate movement there is.
They wear their noble cause corruption as a badge of honor.
Interesting concept, worth fleshing out.
“Hillbillies”? Nye, you ivory-tower elitist SCUMBAG.
Again, for anyone who might be interested, my petition to the PM of Canada (plus Minister of Natural Resources and Premiers of Provinces) is still up at change.org, stalled at 10 signatures. Little help would be very much appreciated; contains a point relevant to the notion of the desperation of those in the mainstream narrative wanting unbelievers punished, viz David Suzuki:
https://www.change.org/p/the-honourable-james-gordon-carr-minister-of-natural-resources-open-letter-to-the-government-of-canada-re-climate-change
Even the conservatives in canaduH are on board with the Paris agreement. When I asked conservative candidate Kellie Leitch her opinion on AGW, she said ” it’s a bunch of crap” she lost and was pushed to the back bench of parliament. The new leader is just liberal light and is destined to lose the next election. A weenie
I wrote the PC leader and asked if he and his members would be interested, but wasn’t expecting much. I LOVED Harper because all his concessions to climate hysteria were exactly that: concessions. The CBC and other mainstream media outlets had him in their sights the moment his candidacy was declared – an upstart Western conservative, from Calgary no less? MUST be “stopped.” And they succeeded of course, because children in adult bodies throughout the land are good little lockstep zombies and do exactly what they’re told to do. Orwell would have known exactly what to think.
Anyway I also wrote the United Conservatives to see if I could muster some signatures, but of course it’s holidays so who knows what will happen when they eventually get the email…I try to have faith, futile or not.
And you know what I really think, seeing what has happened to politics in our countries? I think the USA might split. I think Canada has a lesser chance, but as you know it’s been talked about a lot in the West.
You know what else? I think we SHOULD split. You can’t be trillions in debt and still have producers giving half their income to non-producers while the economy gets gutted by greentards, and expect to avoid having to learn Mandarin one day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Bill Nye has become a parody of himself. I’m surprised there isn’t a cartoon version of him yet, for the kiddos.
A cartoon would make it even easier for him to fake lab experiments.
I dunno, I wouldn’t want children exposed to the contempt for humanity you can see burning in his eyes.
There has been for a long time. Just watch this and think Bill Nye
The resemblance is uncanny. Separated at birth?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mKIuZ4tIzk http://png.findicons.com/files/icons/206/looney_tunes/300/beaky_buzzard.png
Oh crap copy/paste didn’t work
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http://png.findicons.com/files/icons/206/looney_tunes/300/beaky_buzzard.png
The beaks sure are close in size.
I am proud to be a hillbillie
Pure genius, what does he think will happen to the blue states if the red ones retaliate in kind, they’re F’d.
I’ll see Bill Nye’s “hillbillies”, and raise him alarmist thermobillies.
Backwoods thinking about heating effects of CO2 are so ignorant, y’all.
Come and let me tell ya ‘story
’bout a man named Nye
poor stupid fool
barely kep’ his brain alive
and then one day he
was mouthin’ off his view
and up from his mind
came his bum-bl-ing brew —
words, that is,
horse manure,
zombie tea.
[banjo music interlude]
lol 🙂
Heh!
+10
… and I’m from the South USA, by the way.