Bill Nye Says 'Give A F**k' About Climate Change Instead Of Deflategate

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34. No, don't give up.

There are a lot of reasons to do things like oppose XL for instance, other than expecting that stopping it it will reverse, stop or even slow down climate change. However it might be good to keep in mind that most of the beneficial effects of such actions will be local, and will have no measurable effect on the global problem of CO2.

I don't advise people to "give up". I suggest that we become deadly realistic about what climate change is, how it's going to affect the world, and the minuscule chances human beings have of mitigating it to any significant degree. We caused it, but we can't fix it.

What I advise is that we each do whatever we are moved to do in this area, but to abandon any expectation that it's going to fix the climate problem. Do it for other reasons instead.