![]() ![]() Nye: It is my mission to change the world. We want to have a high quality of life for billions of people as we pass through this era.ĪP: How do you see your role as a citizen-scientist? Nye: The world's going to change climatically. But the best thing any of us in the developed world, especially in the United States, can be doing is talking about it. It's strangely a hard thing to talk about because it's become so political and divisive, and people have a tendency to give up and see it as overwhelming. Turning the thermostat down in the winter, up in the summer, is good. Nye: Not wasting any water bottles is good. The bow-tie bedecked engineer, who gained fame on the 1990s TV series Bill Nye, the Science Guy, spoke with the AP from the road last week.Īssociated Press: Your book includes sweeping approaches to address climate change. ![]() But fewer than one in four Americans are extremely or very worried about it. Martin's Press via AP)Nye has his work cut out for him: An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll in October found two out of three Americans accept global warming, with the vast majority of those citing human activities as at least part of the cause. ![]() Cover for Bill Nye's new book, Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World. ![]()
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