THE REVIEWS ARE COMING IN:
ANDY REVKIN at NYT writes preview and Guy McPherson calls this DOT EARTH post by Mr Revkin, well he says on his FB page: "Revkin is an idiot!" [Not a nice way to talk about a respected science reporter, Guy!]
THE REVIEWERS REAX: fast and furious:
GUY McPherson: "Andy Revkin, who is an idiot, provided some preview material for the NatGeo show and his biased and stupid analysis is what I'e come to expect from the NYT, that mouthpiece of empire."
001. "congratuatlons Guy on your move up the mainstream (!!). NatGeo does some awesome work and Bill Nye is very lovable, as you will be soon, too, around the nation."
0. "I had low expectations on how Guy would be depicted in the NatGeo show. The urine stream corporate media is out to protect its corporate donors. {But in the end, I saw the show, and you know what, it was fair in its treatment of Guy McPherson so bravo to Nat Geo's producers...}...'
GUY McPherson: "Andy Revkin, who is an idiot, provided some preview material for the NatGeo show and his biased and stupid analysis is what I'e come to expect from the NYT, that mouthpiece of empire."
001. "congratuatlons Guy on your move up the mainstream (!!). NatGeo does some awesome work and Bill Nye is very lovable, as you will be soon, too, around the nation."
0. "I had low expectations on how Guy would be depicted in the NatGeo show. The urine stream corporate media is out to protect its corporate donors. {But in the end, I saw the show, and you know what, it was fair in its treatment of Guy McPherson so bravo to Nat Geo's producers...}...'
Kudos!''
2. You can see it on Youtube now for US$1.99. here is the link https://youtu.be/LvFHdRvS4Hc
3. I thought Nye did a great job of presenting it all with some balance, while still being acceptable to MSM. He did include that 6 degrees C by 2050 graphic, and didn't go all out on the hopium ending. I liked it.
4. Thank you all. Guy is quite relieved. As you can imagine. smile emoticon
5. ''I am glad the Nat'l. Geo. show was a pleasant surprise.'' SAID GUY MCPHERSN SUPPORTER
6. ''Guy, they're talking about this on GLP...can't believe a guy said no life after 2030...''
7. Ryan V. Stewart, NYT Dot Earth blog comment:
New Milford, CT ./.....8. William
''While the oil industry is being blamed and alternative energy is being embraced by Bill Nyle, I think that Bill fails to recognize that that those alternative energy technology would not be possible or feasible without the oil industry. This is because crude oil is not just for making gasoline; it is being used for making medicine, plastic, tools, electronics, composites that are used in aerospace, plane, cars, home construction, appliances, computers, solar panels, composite for wind turbine, housing of batteries ..... etc. Environmentally, oil has save the extinction of whale because whale was killed for the oil for oil lamp. Obviously, the list can go on forever. It seems that without oil, all the other good things will not be possible...''
9. William
I watched the Bill Nye's show on Climate change on the National Geographic Channel tonight. Frankly, the whole show sounds more like a propaganda film than a science ''fact-finding'' film. What is new that I learn from watching the show is that Bill Nye seems to believe that 2030 will be the year of no return for climate change. Its seems funny is that I always hear end-of the world prediction will come, from someone who may be long gone after the person may live. Throughout the show, climate change, global warming, green house gases, ozone damaging gases were mentioned, but the terms were used interchangeable when not appropriate. green house gases and ozone damaging gases are different gases. Because they were not able to distinguish the subject matter, I really do not think that they are scientifically trained enough to make concessionary statement that climate change (global warming) exist. Although at the end of the show, alternative energy was proposed, but those proposed solution also have very bad environmental impact. For examples, the use of batteries in electric car will cause major environmental problem due the use of toxic chemicals in them. Disposing them will be a big challenge. Wind power sounds good, but the technology uses wind turbine that has already killed many American eagles, an endangered bird. Solar panels contains hazardous materials in them, and they do not last. I find the show entertaining but the story is not persuasive or credible.
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3. After viewing this program, it seems like the producers used Guy McPherson for the shock value before using the "solutions" portion to push a green washed new economy brought to you by GE.
Ron Lussier I thought Nye did a great job of presenting it all with some balance, while still being acceptable to MSM. He did include that 6 degrees C by 2050 graphic, and didn't go all out on the hopium ending. I liked it.
NOT TO BE MISSED
tonight
on Nat Geo Explorer with Guy McPherson
Bill Nye experiences the five stages of climate change grief – from denial to acceptance – and along the way, he’ll explore what’s gone wrong with our planet.
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tonight
on Nat Geo Explorer with Guy McPherson
Bill Nye experiences the five stages of climate change grief – from denial to acceptance – and along the way, he’ll explore what’s gone wrong with our planet.
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Bill Nye The Science Guy uploaded a new video.
When I feel climate change grief, only Dr. Arnold Schwarzenegger can help. Watch Explorer this Sunday at 8/7c on National Geographic.
But however well intended, such efforts often seem to empower defenders of fossil fuels as much as those seeking a low-emissions energy future, given how name calling syncs with the nation’s broader, edge-driven political polarization.
That’s why “Explorer: Bill Nye’s Global Meltdown,” premiering Sunday night* on National Geographic Channel, is so refreshing. In the program, written and directed by Chris Cassel, Nye reluctantly resolves to confront the five stages of “climate change grief” after he is diagnosed with that malady by his cigar-chomping therapist, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The program is built around the environmental equivalent of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s five mental stages of dealing with death — denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The conceit makes a nice structure for what is a mix of road movie and science explainer.
Spurred by his diagnosis, Nye goes on the road, exploring denial in surreal conversations with a Florida state legislator who flatly rejects any human contribution to global warming or coastal risks, and a street sampling of tuned-out citizenry, even in flood-prone Miami. A helicopter tour shows the entire city is evidently in denial given the blistering pace of construction in the face of inevitable and sustained sea level rise. In the context of warming and sea levels, Nye can’t resist pulling out a flask to show how heated water expands.
McPherson may be a bit off the mark, but his basic point remains: we're damned and doomed if we do nothing (if we haven't already "crossed the rubicon," that is.)''