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"I hope this medal makes up for 2024 being the year of highest oil production in US history. Which happened in defiance of all the climate science you've been trying to tell us about. You know, as part of the years of science education this award honors."
This is just depressing..
Somehow in spite of his negative comments he still gets the recognition he deserves from the authority structure. Whereas in the social mediasphere if he so much as Liked a disapproved tweet he would be crowd-demonized as The Enemy, his accomplishments would mean nothing, and saying anything good about him would be widely condemned.
I really wonder what industry y'all work in that you think the entire energy grid and vehicle fleet can be remade in 4 years.
Don't worry protest voters, we may be able to start from scratch again in another 4 years.
I see Lemmy's famous misreading is happening. I want environmental policy. But I know things take time. People that think everything can be remade in 4 years don't know how big industry is and how much work it takes.
Buddy. We've known about this problem since the 1970's.
Where did I say we didn't? Holy Lemmy never lets me down in how you misread.
The problem is everyone expects the Dems to solve it in one term. Now it's Biden's fault that he didn't solve it in his one term. You know, remake the entire energy grid and turn over the entire vehicle fleet in his 4 years.
No, people expect the Dems to not exponentially make problems worse, since that's their only function based on the last 80 years of their actions. Biden failed to do that simple function, and signed off more public lands to oil companies than trump and Bush Jr combined.
And this is where I wonder what industry y'all work in. To stop oil demand going up, you would have to produce not a single new ice car, not a single new gas furnace, not a single new gas water heater, not a single new gas stove, not a single new industrial gas furnace/processer/whatever machinery. Not a single one. To do that alone is a monumental task that takes unbelievable effort and time. Too many people think it can be done like you update code or something, y'all have no idea how big industry is. That's just to stop it going up, not to actually reduce use. But don't worry protest voters, we can start again in 4 years. And again don't get me wrong, I want environmental policy. I just know what it takes.
We were talking about oil production. But yes, you can lay the framework to stop all of that in four years. Because we have alternatives to all of that that are cheaper too make, cheaper to own, cheaper to run, and cheaper to maintain, save for a few specific industrial use cases and the aviation industry.
You can just update code, and switch subsidies to non fossil fuels alternatives. And stop fucking blocking Chinese imports.
We can do it. We know we can because other countries are, and are showing how ridiculously easy it is. Shockingly easy. Frustratingly easy.
But you need to want to do it, and that requires putting the environment above personal investments and greed, and no Democrat is capable of that.
Stop excusing monsters, less you become one.
Oh yeah we will just keep waiting and watch them do significantly less than the bare minimum until the famines begin to finally affect us. Then, we will do something about it I'm sure.
Every time they run on an environmental policy, they lose. Every time they implement an environmental policy, they lose. And you're amazed they aren't gun ho about it? Like they just lost despite the green energy in the IRA. And Trump won with drill baby drill. Do you think Dems will run on it next time? Fuck no they won't. They won't touch it with 10 foot pole. They will run on "It's the economy, stupid." If you want environmental policy, you need to give them consistent and overwhelming victories.
Yeah so we should dismantle our political parties. They clearly don't care about us and are willing to let us die horrible deaths. They do not serve us, they serve their donors and we put up with it for now.
When has someone from the two major parties ran on environmental policy?
4 years? Climate scientists have been warning the world about climate change for about half a century, and urgently for a few decades. Bill Nye specifically has videos going back at least 13 years.
Don't just blame the 2017-2021 Trump presidency either for the current high, if that is what you mean by your "reworking the energy grid/vehicles in 4 years" argument. US oil production was at its lowest since about 1950 under Bush Jr. then climbed again dramatically through Obama's 2 terms. Then the Biden presidency started after a year of "low" production (that was actually higher than anything pre-2017) before climbing again steeply during the last 4 years. This is a problem of both parties, and the worst of it has happened in the last 13 years of which 9 were under a Dem president.
Remember when Reagan took the solar panels off the White House? After Jimmy Carter was talking about how important the environment is? This fight has been so much longer than that. Its been over fifty years.
I was Biden my time, but the time is Nye.
Bill Nye receiving Medal of Freedom for his dedication to science education :)
And one day, when they feel you've paid enough, they'll give you a medal and serve you salmon and potato salad as well
They'll pat you on the back – tell you all is forgiven. Just remember, it won't be for you...
It will be for them.
"Necromancer of the year being awarded to Bill Nye, delivered by the achievement that earned this medal: the animated corpse of Joseph Biden."
“I used to watch you when you were a kid”
Wait….
What ever happened to Beakman?
Last I saw him, he was hanging out with Captain Disillusion.
"I'm taking this off you, Bill, and giving it to some CEO who said AI will fix climate change"
Biden hands our award for worst Netflix show ever.
I do love Bill. His newer show was just awful though.
Why is the frontman of talking heads being given a medal by the dude from Bram Stokers Dracula?
Good work in school young man.
Animorphs cover art is coming along well.
"Did you fart, or was that me?"
"I'm... not sure."
"Did you fart?"
"You're God damn right I did."
This image makes me feel old
"Maybe after I choke him with this that God damn song will finally get out of my head..."
Okay everybody, im done with the proudest moment of my life now. Someone please wake him up.
Bill Nye graciously accepts the Power Bottom Lifetime Achievement award.
Biden wispers in his ear, "inertia is a property of matter"
I told you I'd get you Nye!
The Presidential Medal of Freedom OF SCIENCE!
Biden thinking: "Think fast. How do I seamlessly thread this ribbon under the iconic Bowtie of Science? All without losing my balance."
“Im gonna pretend I got this medal for debating that idiot Ken Ham”
