Bill Nye + a Big Oil Shill - A bad climate change debate

climate change might be a bit of an issue as we've had a very extreme weather here in the united states of course knucklehead conservatives a good cause Google work we would have got a cold outside over that's not really how work to get extreme weather in both directions if there is one person who's concerned about its secretary see John Kerry speaking in Indonesia and meet some really strong calm as he said in a sense climate change can now be considered another weapon a mass destruction perhaps the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction now in Indonesia they have 17,000 islands so mobile home so which could be underwater if this climate change continues so he says to them Sun exaggeration to say that the entire way of life the you live in love is that risk so within that context compare it to a weapon of mass destruction is strong but understandable um and then he has so it takes a shot at the people who disagree says we should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists in extreme ideologues to compete with scientific fact so what are the good folks on television America going to do exactly that the court to allow some I ideologues to compete with scientific fact so now let me give you some context for this we're now course in 2014 in 2013 how did the Sunday talk shows do in terms our coverage of climate change is an issue they give a total of 27 Minnesota topic much his I believably low well meet the press used to be the leader in this category so of course they must the covered up more you can see where this is going they covered it less in fact be covered it 0 times they David 0 minutes in 0 seconds our coverage but that's ok because they're gonna fix it in fact because of the extreme weather were pacing in america all the shows box through Sunday and then Face the Nation a this week with George Stephanopoulos and meet the press all covered it this weekend there was some good climate scientist on ABC and CBS but meet the press one in a slightly different direction David Gregory was excited he tweeted out plus only on meet the press. debating climate change with Bill Nye the Science Guy and vice-chairman Energy and Commerce Committee Marsha Blackburn for small bill I is a great guy I'm on as a guest as the young turk see smart is great have but he's not a climate scientist cried and Marsha Blackburn is night as a glottal hook global warming denier she's proud of it so what were they doing here two main props one they're setting up a debate that appears to be 50-50 when it is not fifty-fifty among the side is not remotely is about to show you right second ball it sets up bill my for attack to Marsha Blackburn's gonna do think you're not a crime site this meant why they picked II he's good on TV right he's gonna debating just have to be with the creation is that it really well so they thought rate okay we'll get some other good readings of that will have to hold my and he's he's the Science Guy get it and then he'll compete with Marsha Blackburn in bill just duke it out now does that help in terms of the audience getting to what is reality about climate change Matt secondary cancer now why do I say that let me give you the numbers the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that there is a nine-b_ by pretty chant percent chance that humans are responsible for global warming ninety-five percent chance is not fifty 50 it's not the Science Guy versus republican they're both legitimate I don't know loves find out who's got the better argument was the better debater great you like a Miss by that well maybe the scientists are split on it maybe overall there ninety-five percent confident but some scientists really you know here's a big batch oven that disagree ninety 7.1 percent of climate research papers agree that climate change is 'cause by human activity not that it exists it clearly exists nice 0.1 percent aka Miss its man made okay I now like I said a the other shows that had climb inside Tucson they did have Governor Patrick ori on face the nation. a bill a by Shea Bob Schieffer did hold his feet to the fire little bed up but remember they govern Pat McCrory whose governor North Carolina which is now facing extreme weather again had said earlier quote global warming is in God's hands so that expert was also on the Sunday talk shows well let's turn back to Marsha Blackburn because marcia well she's of course just a person with that opinion on this and it's not like she's colored or by any you the things she might be receiving what would be the things she would be receiving albright campaign donations from oil and gas companies in fact there in her top three donors the EVE her in 2013 2014 I thirty thousand five hundred dollars to bribery I mean to impose our i mean no to just help her run her campaigns because they both happen to coincidently agree they happen to be in the 2.9 percent of people who think that climate change does not exist or is not man-made im what a wild coincidence by the way to look at how sheep these people are bought but I'm sure meet the press brought that up hey you get about forty thousand dollars in campaign donations just last year right from oil and gas companies no they didn't bring that up well that's weird okay so instead this debate ensued first Marsha Blackburn and I think that bill would probably agree with this neither he nor I are a climate scientist amy is an engineer an actor I am a member of congress and what we have to do is look at the information that we get from climate scientist is she said there is not agreement around the fact I've exactly what is causing this they are gonna debating she's I QC who brought on an actor he doesn't know what he's talking about but wait a minute did them thats meet the press's fault the crew brought on a climate scientist and bill my like I said a million times a great guy a smart guy is good able in this debate at Centre a but she has to discredit them here's what Meet the Press that ministers are answers well not all the scientists agree to the technically that's true 2.9 percent other papers on agree ninety 7.1 percent among new but technically they don't all agree fifty 50 so that bill Knight Strikes Back a what people are doing is introducing the idea that scientific uncertainty in this case about cold weather events and what we call back east are is the same as uncertainty about the whole idea of climate change and this is our unscientific it's no it's not logical and is it is a away apparently that the fossil fuel industry industry has dealt with a our politics and this is not this is not good everybody you don't this is not term you don't need a PhD in climate science understand what's going on that things that we have overwhelming evidence that climate is changing that you cannot tie any one event to that is not the same as doubt about the whole thing see what happened there look again he makes good points is nothing wrong with this points but he's on the defense he say we don't need a PC in climate science to know that and she laughed like I free guide to you you know how to climb sides wait a minute days and 11 percent got was I do still do agree dunno I got here sorry right and he's trying to explain all look because she had said earlier does one weather event doesn't mean it's happening that's true but that's not just one weather group Evette it's a good accumulation up all of the evidence and at one point even gregory did mention the debate he said look now to be fair a congresswoman Blackburn you so there is not a consensus among scientists and there is a consensus a given credit for that little bit but overall the scope of this what does the audience audience sees a debate where damage em they're not climate scientists there just watching a TV show and it looks like half the people think this unhappy people think that because although two people on my screen they disagreed it looks 50/50 when it's not 50-50