'Hey Bill Nye, What's the Best Way to Handle Overpopulation?'

'Hey Bill Nye, What's the Best Way to Handle Overpopulation?'
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The population is growing, says Bill Nye, but it’s important to note that the rate of growth is slowing down. Why? Because the more our societies educate girls, the fewer children they have once they’re women. The population will very likely rise to 9 or 10 billion people and the world does have enough resources to look after us all, provided we do three things to redistribute resources globally, not just in developed nations. We need to produce reliable renewable energy to get electricity to every individual on the planet. We need to use that clean energy to increase the quality of water sanitation systems in developing nations so we lose less time and lives combating diseases, time which children could better spend in school. We must continue to educate girls and women, as quickly as we can, which means providing access to the internet and other information resources, globally. It’s in our best interest; if women have more control over their lives and reproductive choices, the world’s resources become more ample for each individual. Bill Nye's most recent book is Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World.
Bill Nye's most recent book is Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World.
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BILL NYE:
Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been doing most of his life.
In Seattle Nye began to combine his love of science with his flair for comedy, when he won the Steve Martin look-alike contest and developed dual careers as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. Nye then quit his day engineering day job and made the transition to a night job as a comedy writer and performer on Seattle’s home-grown ensemble comedy show “Almost Live.” This is where “Bill Nye the Science Guy®” was born. The show appeared before Saturday Night Live and later on Comedy Central, originating at KING-TV, Seattle’s NBC affiliate.
While working on the Science Guy show, Nye won seven national Emmy Awards for writing, performing, and producing. The show won 18 Emmys in five years. In between creating the shows, he wrote five children’s books about science, including his latest title, “Bill Nye’s Great Big Book of Tiny Germs.”
Nye is the host of three currently-running television series. “The 100 Greatest Discoveries” airs on the Science Channel. “The Eyes of Nye” airs on PBS stations across the country.
Bill’s latest project is hosting a show on Planet Green called “Stuff Happens.” It’s about environmentally responsible choices that consumers can make as they go about their day and their shopping. Also, you’ll see Nye in his good-natured rivalry with his neighbor Ed Begley. They compete to see who can save the most energy and produce the smallest carbon footprint. Nye has 4,000 watts of solar power and a solar-boosted hot water system. There’s also the low water use garden and underground watering system. It’s fun for him; he’s an engineer with an energy conservation hobby.
Nye is currently the Executive Director of The Planetary Society, the world’s largest space interest organization.
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TRANSCRIPT:
Martina: Hey Bill it's Martina from Slovakia. I'm studying medical chemistry and I have two questions to be answered. The first one is the question how would you probably solve the problem of still growing population? And the second question is very important is…
Bill Nye: Will I marry you? So Martina, I'll get to your second question at the end. A growing population is a problem, but notice that the rate that the human population is growing is slowing down and this is almost certainly not so much a consequence of finite resources, which is what people like Malfis speculated late in the 18th century, it's not a question of finite resources it's apparently raising the standard of living of women and girls, people like you. As women and girls get better educated they have fewer kids and the kids they do have have more resources so they're better taken care of and they are more successful...
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[@martinalawson6100]

Lol guys, Martina here. The marriage proposal was a JOKE. I did not expect him to take it seriously. :D Anyway thank you so much for answering my question! Keep changing the world, Bill.

[@LostGrimgar]

Martina Babacsová lol, veľa šťastia nabudúce ;)

[@Egonkiller]

I think he knew it was a joke lol Though if you asked Neil instead of him you would probably get a more funny answer

[@DaleKamp]

I loved that you asked. His answer was fun to watch. :)

[@martinalawson6100]

Thank you, guys!

[@nekobotto]

"I wouldn't say no because I got a glimpse of you..." Damn, girl. Bill Nye flirted with you! ;)

[@MarkLumsley]

Turned down by Bill Nye. Damn.

[@OmniphonProductions]

I love that he sold it with the ever so humble, "You would just want something else in about fifteen minutes."

[@hammeringhank5271]

+OmniphonProductions true.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

he said he wouldn't rule it out and i get a feeling he really wouldn't but he could not get away with it. i'm pretty sure he's older than her dad.

[@diva2380]

hes 61 years old so probably

[@coecovideo]

Condoms.

[@zhain0]

that still needs a brain cell to use, no mind no problem solved

[@MrMac5150]

You would have to give the condoms for free, and get the blacks to wear them, for it to work.....

[@OmniphonProductions]

Condoms and an end to the Catholic Church's prohibition on their use. It would both reduce the rate of population growth and stem to rampant spread of HIV in primarily Catholic nations...whose populations have been convinced that condom use is a sin against God.

[@ExatedWarrior]

We need comprehensive sex-ed. Abstinence only doesn't stop people from having sex.

[@1stRateSerrvice]

OmniphonProductions Condoms don't prevent people from getting HIV

[@MichaelRoberts9000]

I would love to be turned down by Bill. His ''No' was so well put.

[@gymweeb9229]

Michael Roberts Jr very true. I am actually writing this one down :p

[@Shitpost_MaGee]

Bill definitely gets an A+ in curving

[@forever.spooky]

"You'd want something else in just 15 minutes"

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Millennials. So confused about everything important.

[@dillonqaphsiel7977]

That’s what I always say to girls. 😢

[@jaygill5582]

@@yosefmacgruber1920 Yeah nothing but a bunch of pussies that can't fight without an AR15. I know very well, my son is one of them he might be a boxer but oh boy no AR15 for the puss!

[@kanekiken2376]

Genocide

[@MrLazyAmerica]

"There's too many people in this world. We need a new plague." -Dwight Shrute.

[@Captain_Tumbleweed]

Aren't humans the new plague?

[@cfltheman]

Mass genocide

[@thijsjong]

Condom mass drops. But genocide is more effective but inhumane. But war, disease, famine are the answer. It is inevitable. Humans will outbreed any progress in foodproduction, waterrecycling and technological advancement in the long run. We will fill up every square foot of this planet if there were no major disaster once in a while. There is a big corelation between the avarage IQ of a nation and its fertillity rate. Low IQ equals more kids.

[@mckecklee]

thijsjong Unnfoundeddddd statementtssss

[@firaszkamal]

I Love how he dignified the second question and didn't just brush it aside!

[@docteurshepherd]

LOL I love how flustered he was at the beginning, adorable

[@TGC40401]

"You would just want something else in 15 min." SHOTS FIRED!!!!!!!

[@LPArabia]

That's the best way to say no for a marriage proposal. I'll use that in my dreams.

[@darthtyrannus3163]

Ask Thanos!!

[@ThePsychoExe]

Darth Tyrannus sorry, he doesn't feel so good

[@darthtyrannus3163]

ThePsychoExe He doesn’t wanna go, Mr. Stark...

[@mishipla7268]

I love these references

[@bison301]

She's like 9 dawg, smfh

[@crash3366]

Count dooku, did you really train general grievous in the Jedi arts, just asking for a... a thing. yeah.

[@deepashtray5605]

Just one little caveat you missed there, Bill; we're destroying the environment too.

[@TehIdiotOne]

That's due to the consumerism pushed by capitalism. As long as we have a system where it's profitable to destroy the environment, it's not going to stop.

[@deepashtray5605]

Hesket Agreed, but it is more complicated than just that. There have been several studies which have shown massive environmental changes and local extinctions followed anywhere humans have migrated to. And despite what we would actually manage to accomplish, climate change isn't going away before we cross that 9 billion mark.

[@moonwatch7963]

How the fuck can anyone forget that, it's the most important part, and the basis of why everything else goes wrong. Stop treating nature right and the world goes to shit. Most scum humans that have a house and garden - they use it to make the world a worse place, as they use it to harm nature and usually waste fuel, and rape the aethers also, in so doing, and make harmful noise a lot of the time too. They all know they need to be planting more plants, and not interfering with wildlife, in order to even begin to address the problems caused - yet most of them instead waste fuel to cut back plants that don't need cut, and they even use poisons, have fake porn-gardens with bare soil, believe lies that weeds exist = controlled by adverts and false mechanised types of farming. Ritualistic abuse of nature by a scumbag species that should never have gotten so far into its generations as it has. They're all destructive scumbags that need wiped out, and if you're responsible you'd agree. They should never have been given any tools. Full proper disclosure would reveal the truth about how wilfully evil and wilfully ignorant they are, so then easy to get rid of them.

[@kitkatgames4529]

Moon Watch it's ridiculous to see someone talk about themselves in the third person.

[@kheme9248]

Callantis Games hah, good one

[@Bigdaddy93413]

Two words: Soylent Green

[@Supergecko8]

fucking love that movie, that kind of old science fiction should be brought back

[@emancoy]

the acting and effects are now terrible on today's standards. But its still compelling

[@maxiepattie85]

"Make Room"... I believe was the book. Good stuff

[@davidmarzolino7159]

BryceBryceBaby Soylent Green is made of people.

[@robfl100]

BryceBryceBaby SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE

[@OsvaldoPaese]

We need to make it easier and less expensive to adopt children.

[@anonhooman9581]

Osvaldo Paese some people will adopt children just to benefit from the money the government provides them and abuse the poor kids. Plus there's a market out there for kids and organs so easy access to children doesn't sound like a great idea. And if someone can't afford to adopt a child, then how are they supposed to properly provide for them?

[@Poemi10304]

Anon Hooman Birth control & sex education ftw! Easiest way (in America, at least) - keep having no gun control. The crazies will help curb population growth.

[@callies8907]

You know what an industry rank with child trafficking, kidnapping, and coercion needs? LESS regulation. Uh huh.

[@DylanBegazo]

The way you solve overpopulation across the world ethically without immoral acts is simple. You make it a international Agreement that all women in every nation have access to copper Intrauterine devices aka the Copper IUD free non-surgical safe installation by qualified international doctors across the world. The copper IUD is non hormonal T shaped tiny device that is put inside a women’s uterus without any kind of surgery at all. Non hormonal means little to no side effects compared to common conventional hormonal methods. Purpose: So women can stay in school and work and pursue their personal education goals without the fear of getting pregnant. Women can get pregnant from one night stands. Or rape. Or not wanting to use protection Or other ways. But copper IUD is effective as soon as put in and lasts for over 10 years. Conclusion: Women can achieve their life goals without fear of getting pregnant before they want to get pregnant BECAUSE when they WANT to get pregnant, all they gotta do is remove the Copper IUD and their all set to attempt to have a baby like normal again. Ethical. Moral. Gives women control over when they want to get pregnant. Doesn’t resort to killing babies like previous methods of birth control. Win. Win. Win. 😁 How to pay?: in 1st world countries, it is free because it is payed for in different ways idk maybe government reallocates some of its annual spending to create supply of copper IUD for women? In second and third world countries, idk maybe it can be offered and paid for by the UN when they visit an area like they always do. Idk. They offer it for free and qualified and regulated doctors working internationally on humanitarian missions can perform the simple installations. The point is it must be accessible and free for women to acquire. That is paramount. In the US for example, one way I thought would be quick to get the word out, is to have question added to questionnaire when young women first attempt to get their drivers license. 18 year old women comes in wanting to get drivers license and on the questionnaire it asks “if you’d like to receive your free copper IUD installation? If Yes, check box here and choose appointment date And appointment location at your nearest hospital of your choosing.” Something like that. I’m just thinking off the top of my head here. But yea. Cause I know over population is a unspoken epidemic but I wanted a moral and ethical way of solving it without killing babies. Any thoughts? ☺️ Also, it’s good for men too because it creates safety for men. Like if a young couple made Love but didn’t use protection. Not only would the girl be able to stay in school but the dude can too meaning both can continue to study and pursue their life goals without having to put their lives on hold you know? So it’s a win win for both men and women ☺️

[@DylanBegazo]

Poemi10304 So you’re saying people with guns are crazy and you’re making them synonymous with domestic terrorists shooters...

[@douglasnorthpole8542]

"Overpopulation" happened at around 2 billion people. We are now over 7 billion, which is nearly 4 times "overpopulation".

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Then overpopulation must be fake-science.

[@UltraCrazycarl]

@@yosefmacgruber1920 No it is now that those that have are abusing those who do not. Wars for water. Slave labor for products. Hence the reason America is so wasteful. We can be cause we abuse the rest of the world that has nothing. Yeah the world might be able to handle more than 2 billion or 7 billion but we have had to change to make it that way and it is not change for the good.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@UltraCrazycarl "The U.S. has only 4.5% of the world population but uses 25% of the world's resources." That stat has been horribly abused and it is hardly clear what it is even saying. There is a big huge difference between using 25% of what is being used, or 25% of what is ultimately available. Enviro-wackos seem to prefer the latter interpretation. And where does that stat even come from? Is it based upon anything real? I suspect that somebody just made it up, because "it sounds about right". Well maybe not, actually. The presumption that the rest of the world is some third world wasteland or a century behind us in being developed, seems well pretty much wrong. The solution is not to use less so that the rest of the world can have more, but rather than the world should produce more so that everybody can have enough. Most all shortages are phony, the fairly predictable results of rampant government corruption and bad ideology. It is not a zero-sum argument, and they should stop lying to us with their bogus scarcity-based assumptions. Wastefulness is not so much because "we have more than our fair share", as it is a spiritual problem, or a problem of a wicked spirit of entitlement or indulgence. Why do people always have to be consuming something anyway? I saw some guy get out of some ugly over-expensive sports-car, and he is smoking a cigarette and has some drink in his hand. Indulgent much? I don't waste money on ugly impractical cars, I mostly drink water, and I don't smoke. It is not so much about what is being consumed, as those things are not scarce anyway, but about attitude and lack of concern about injustice and for the poor. I believe that the world should be more inclusive, which relates to why I believe that humans were not meant to use birth control and should multiply naturally. Because surely we can and should welcome more humans to life, if or as they come to life and the huge human population naturally grows.

[@justahumanbeing.709]

yes, and this guy says planet can provide for 9 billion!?

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@justahumanbeing.709 Humans can adapt. Why not 9 billion and way more?

[@Kaun_of_Man]

nice gentlemen way of saying shes hot

[@EighteenYearAccount]

The world would be a way better place with a stable 1 billion people living on it

[@robertgraybeard3750]

Richard Lionheart That's an "interesting" idea. I'll say that if the human race gets into space seriously - and the Planetary Society is not the only organization optimistic about that - then by the end of the 22nd Century, a little more than 180 years from now as I write this (centuries are named after their last year), there will be more people living in space than on Earth. I believe that the people on Earth will be like park rangers and the entire Earth will be a park for tourists to visit.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

Or a stable with a billion people :-)

[@MoreGrievances]

Bill is the reincarnation of President Lincoln.

[@randomhumanoid7721]

Spot on!

[@randomhumanoid7721]

Sheldon Cooper He means they look alike. But just like any Christian you talk out of ignorance! Lincoln did very much associate himself with evolution, but this information doesn't appear in any fantasy books which is probably why you didn't read it! Also the character's name you chose (Sheldon) also believes in evolution and does not believe in your imaginary friend! I'm surprised that being Christian you'd enter a channel called Big Think since that's the opposite of faith. Also you should be aware that the less scientific knowledge there is in any particular time period, the more devoted Christians there are, which is why today Christianity is quickly disappearing here in Europe! Your pathetic imaginary friend who relies on gaps in knowledge which scientists all over the world are working hard to fill with actual facts, so your god is getting tinier and tinier. Science will kill your "god" and the world of the future will celebrate it, Hallelujah! lol "Abraham Lincoln was a devoted Christian man. He would never associate himself with evolution" LET'S SEE: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/darwin-on-lincoln-and-vice-versa-48151291/ evolution-institute.org/abraham-lincoln-a-believer-in-evolution-who-didnt-think-jesus-was-the-son-o/

[@randomhumanoid7721]

Dude you're Christian! I don't care what you do or don't believe. I don't need to convince anybody about anything, people like you prefer to live in childish ignorance and won't change their minds no matter how much proof one throws at them. Knowing that in a century or so Christianity will have disappeared is good enough for me. "It says Lincoln was vaguely familiar with Darwin's previous book that didn't involve natural selection, thus making the ideas described compatible with Christianity." I know, which is why I said "you should be aware that the less scientific knowledge there is in any particular time period, the more devoted Christians there are" no matter their level of education, which is why you'll find almost no relevant scientists today who believe in god. Believe what you want! But if you open your eyes to reality, you'll see how beautiful the universe is without making it all about yourself as Christians do.

[@aaronheaton2606]

@@randomhumanoid7721you seemed threatened by the notion of a God. In my opinion you may be hiding behind arrogance and false confidence because you are afraid of owning up to your actions. You know everything can be ok right? Like you don't have to live in fear of not being worthy of God. Jesus the christ has died for our sins. He paid what we owe for us. Believe in him Sagan. He can help you. You insult the bible but have you ever read it? I recomend starting with the gospels matthew, mark, luke and john. Feel free to throw in some epistles between reading each gospel but try to save acts and revelations for after youve read the 4 gospels, or at least read matthew first. I find matthew to be the most complete and detailed gospel. Luke is good for filling in the gaps before jesus was born and his childhood. Mark is the shortest if you want a quick read and john is, in my opinion, the most beautiful.

[@randomhumanoid7721]

@@w8m4n I thought you turned into an atheist, it's the Christians who are famous for burning people, something you'd know if you read something else besides fantasy books, but I'm happy that your nonsensical comments amuse you, I'm sure you'll get some chuckles and face palms from atheists as well, I know I loved it Easily the most pathetic attempt at sarcasm ever! Funny stuff man.

[@samuctrebla3221]

I think we should really include cultural/social paradigms when we discuss population. And start by the simple fact that the existence of a global common interest is not shared by the vast majority of people. Individual, familial, tribal, national, racial or religious interests shape the world way more than the knowledge of being part of one unique species. And these interests are sometimes contradictory and lead to conflicts.

[@JonixEM]

Can we just all agree his answer to the second question was adorable?

[@markcarter183]

You would just want something else in like 15 minutes

[@tempstation810]

Mark Carter Savage.

[@robertgraybeard3750]

Mark Carter Well, this video was just under five minutes so I doubt Bill would run out of things to talk about in 15 minutes. But doing other things than talking? Ah . . . maybe.

[@Sweeneh]

"Carry on." - Bill Nye rejecting a marriage proposal

[@cawley37]

Bill Nye is a smart, kind and thoughtful man. Building on what he said... 1:44 No redistribution!!!!! 3:03 The free market regulates and allocates resources pretty darn well: abundance is cheap, scarcity is expensive. Give it a chance and DEREGULATE! 3:08 If you are willing to pay for it and use it, then it is being utilized efficiently. 3:40 We want a lot of things for other people. The answer to unlocking these things is to ask what is preventing a market from developing in order to provide education, housing, food, water, internet, etc.

[@twistedstrength.]

Bill is 100% right. Education will lead to a higher standard of living as we develop technology to accomplish such. As it is getting easier and easier every day for the majority of Earth's population to access information, this problem will inevitably be alleviated in time. (discounting any political policies that may hinder the process.).

[@devinelmrore]

"You would want something different in about 15 minutes" He's got me beat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@PhilA61]

Part of the population problem is food, from the type of foods we eat, how they are produced and where they are available. A vegetarian diet is easier and more economical (geologically and ecologically) on the planet. Better use of the resources means better food production and better fed populations of greater numbers.

[@ethanzane7648]

Wrong a single almond takes 15 L. of water to grow. Conflicts in Mexico with cartels and avacodp farms have ended thousands of lives, simply put vegans are actually ruining the world.

[@isaacgutierrez9648]

“When I’m done, half of humanity will still exist. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.”- Thanos

[@thomasmaughan4798]

"When I’m done, half of humanity will still exist." In a mere 20 years the population will be back to where it was when Thanos killed half of them.

[@liamnguyen2819]

Bill Nye is the man. I love this guy! It's too bad that in elementary school when we would watch his videos I didn't appreciate him as much. But as an adult, and seeing him outside of those quirky educational vids I saw as a kid, the man is truly outstanding. I've come to appreciate him and his videos even more now. Bill you are the best!! ^_^

[@ganjiblobflankis6581]

Wolves, release wolves. Oh, you were talking humans, not deer. Still wolves.

[@tuneboyz5634]

bro wtf?

[@CarterWills1]

Wolves aren’t good enough. You need to genetically engineer animals

[@bagel1612]

Or open the scp foundation

[@BroCactus]

Bill's humility with regards to his energy consumption is awesome.

[@carlacarlilla7187]

I'm making research for a test and this video truly helped me a lot, it was a perfect summary, thanks so much, Mr. Nye.

[@jasonhatt4295]

I wondered about this topic, I knew Bill Nye the Science Guy could explain it! Glad to hear it's not as big of a problem as others say.

[@madkatnz3820]

Glad im not the only one crushing on Bill 😘😍😂

[@DLFfitness1]

People refuse to change course. It’s not about creating a budget, it’s about stopping the spending. You can’t outsmart life.

[@franklinfalco9069]

Consumption is also a factor and not just population.

[@ShaneEngelman]

I would do anything to see Bill Nye on my subway ride to work.

[@Slothsage]

Marry her, Bill

[@thearchitecturegirl]

Anyone interested in what they can do to help with overpopulation, there's an organisation called popoffsets (www.popoffsets.org/) who are working on this problem. They let you offset carbon by helping people who don't want children not to have children. It's not just saving carbon, it's saving water, resources, rainforest etc etc. The most Maverick and satisfying thing you can do to counter people drawling out 'overpopulation isn't a problem' is to support a charity like popoffsets. Debates in comment sections probably don't do much to change the world, but cold, hard cash does.

[@dominikamaciejasz8698]

I bet there are plenty of women that would like to ask her second question (with me at the top). And I wonder, is there a possibility to meet Bill anywhere in the Europe, at any conference, meeting, anything? This would be such an honor and could make my life fuller.

[@JaydragonM]

I'd marry you Bill Nye. I'm a straight male who's 24, but you've been my idol since childhood. I would devote my life to your happiness for the opportunity to be around your brilliance everyday. I'd put a ring on it in a second.

[@MoreAmerican]

She just wants citizenship bill! Don't do it!

[@bryanmoyna9715]

X_DDDD

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

Population growth is highest in the poorest countries for many reasons, and actually falling in the most industrialised and educated societies. The more we can tackle poverty globally the more the population growth will slow, or even decline.

[@DayofJudgement-ur5gp]

You can fit the entire world population inside Jacksonville Florida. Let that sink in.

[@iSnortRadium]

Every family on the planet could have a house and yard in a land mass the size of texas.....also there are more abandoned homes in America than homeless people....

[@jaydenbeltran4280]

I call BS

[@jt7638]

And irrigate the lawn...everywhere? And build and maintain that house...and get it running water and plumbing? It would be so much easier to do all of that with fewer people. When planning a family...1. child is good, 2 are enough.

[@Awkwardtunity]

It would be cool if we also educated men on how to keep from getting a girl pregnant, and normalize vasectomies. My husband is a well educated man, went to college and got a masters degree. He had no idea what a vasectomy procedure entails. As a woman, somehow I was educated on this procedure, but not him. That’s a big problem, if you ask me.

[@DayofJudgement-ur5gp]

I can tell you voted for Joe Biden

[@DayofJudgement-ur5gp]

You can fit the entire world population inside Jacksonville Florida. Let that sink in.

[@datboy038]

@@DayofJudgement-ur5gp ok so?

[@angelic8632002]

Theoretically we could be way more efficient with our resources than we are today. Today's capitalistic environment does not really allow for management of the level we need to cut down on waste. -We could recycle way more. -Repair/update things instead of replacing products. -We could grow locally and stick more to seasonal availability of groceries. -We could redevelop out power grids to be smarter about where the energy goes. -Communal travel can be made available everywhere for free/low cost. -More people could live in city landscapes and cut down on waste due to distances. The list goes on and on. There is enough for 10 billion if we are smart about it. And I am sure we can push that boundary with some ingenuity.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

instead of travel, telecommute or teleconference

[@ibinfo-tube5063]

hey Martina the 1st question is answered by Mr. Bill and the 2nd one he just refereed to me to respond and the answer is when and where before yes 😋😊

[@Markcgreer]

If Bill told you the harsh truth, he wouldn’t be a celebrity. He’s telling you what you want to hear. This planet is fucked.

[@johnmkdoe5969]

Overpopulation isn't the problem. It's how we handle are waste is the problem. Plastic and oil we need to end are dependency on non- renewable energy sources. why not use hemp, wind

[@speedtuff]

John Doe wind only blow sometime so you would be without power at random also it can't account for peak power hours learn some science instead of listening to bobble head bill nye.

[@travisbrown6814]

It is a problem.

[@kapoy4779]

rejecting a marriage proposal the bill nye way. lol

[@sandal_thong8631]

I agree with his assessment that improving women's lives is a requirement to get to zero population growth and then negative population growth, which blows the minds of people who can't understand it, and think falling population is horrible. I was thinking more in terms of equality between men and women than improving women's education, but perhaps the two go together. The next things would be improving medical care for children so they're more likely to survive until adulthood (so there'd be less need for 4-6 children), and Social Security to see that people surviving into old age are taken care of. We need to transition to a sustainable world. I can't see 8 billion people having a Western European lifestyle sustainably, let alone an American gas-guzzling lifestyle. Someone said 1 billion, another said 2, while I've said 3 billion, which was the population around 1950.

[@harley6182]

pause video at 1 second. answer is condoms and birth control.

[@upandatom]

This is the first thing I have ever seen Bill Nye in. I used to wonder what the big deal about him was, now I see!

[@Ken.-]

Give it up girl. He has clearly stated that he is unobtainable. But seriously, the first thing? You are sooo not American. btw, Mr. Wizard used to exist. No quantum blah, blah, blah... Just regular physics.

[@LazyIRanch]

Interesting how one's perspective is everything. I live alone, off-grid, on 20 acres of mountain wilderness. My closest neighbor lives a mile away. The paved road is 2.5 miles away, and for over a month this Winter I wasn't able to get out at all because the dirt road was destroyed in a storm. I didn't see another human for that month! I enjoy my solitude, but that was too much. The world doesn't seem all that crowded from where I am, it's just that we humans tend to pack ourselves into overcrowded cities.

[@ablationer]

The problem with overpopulation isn't that there's too much people, but that everyone wants to agglomerate into the same big spots. There's tons of empty space everywhere that nobody wants to live in because it's too far away from everything. We just need to spread out thinner.

[@MinecraftChum]

How about we limit every woman to one child? I call it the one child policy. Why has no one thought of this sooner?

[@edward2718]

Ryder Lee it has, look at past China

[@illuminatea6868]

Edward that is the joke

[@madscientistshusta]

China did it, it destroyed their culture

[@jeremiahnoar7504]

For those that can't tell. He's making a joke

[@tomkelly8827]

Read a leaf in the bitter wind, If you are joking, it is not funny at all. Not even close.

[@Nadhriq00]

if you are asking a person to blindly marry you you are part of the problem in quesion 1.

[@faisalibrahim2217]

Dopamine he was also joking

[@BIOSHOCKFOXX]

What suggests he doesn't know it was a joke? just because he feels a need to answer to it in a serious note, doesn't mean he doesn't know it was a joke. What if she wasn't joking? There are all kinds of people...and you are speaking for her, why? who are you to her to answer for her whether she was joking or not? If you think she was joking, why you didn't thought about him joking about her? Might as well be sarcasm, which in this case I feel it was.

[@evanscott7652]

R P yes, cause I am sure the Bible is perfect and doesn’t have ANYTHING like that....,

[@DANGJOS]

Well...this escalated quickly!

[@vagabond_memior]

Chico the Human i don't see any Christian blowing innocent people up in the name of religion. And before you say, "well what abt USA ?". It's a war waged by USA & not a holy war. If you guys had been a bunch of morons & attack the most powerful nation in the world, Afghanistan would still be a thing.

[@GarrettSzilard]

Most of the 1st world, industrial nations are on a population decline. It's not just because we are using our resources better or have access to a better education.. Our society is stacked in a way that is making it more counter-productive to have a family unit.

[@seaotter52]

Education of women and the ability to have higher standards of living have been shown to help slow population growth.

[@sergiomuniz350]

"You would want something else in 15 min" XD

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

*_Decrease the birth-rate_*

[@isabelled.7732]

“I don’t want to say categorically ‘no’, I got a glimpse of you.” Damn Bill, you flirt!

[@jacobstaten2366]

It's really a matter of which populations are growing. If we raise the standard of living in third world countries, we need to make sure they don't just decide to have a ton more kids because their lives got better. Maybe we should focus on help the women more directly than the men? 🤔

[@emanonymous]

And not even an honorable mention for sex robots. I am disappoint.

[@taunoctua245]

There making some impressive sex dolls now, at the dollhouse.

[@adans9107]

I'm down to start eating people give me a side of ranch and hot sauce

[@sergior8667]

Adan S Fasho let me get the bong

[@americancitizen748]

I hate it when I get the cold shoulder.

[@DANGJOS]

Adan S What the hell?!

[@LochNessAnthony]

Gross. You don't do honey mustard?

[@taunoctua245]

If the system breaks down, people will be easy to hunt because they are so abundant.

[@Wiclaf]

Cutting down on anything, even pop, onto it self doesn't mean anything in a complex system. Most people or even organisations don't have the wisdom to select when to tread on glass shards or when to push some boulders around.

[@DeoMachina]

Number of children people have correlates strongly with child mortality So reduce infant deaths = reduce population growth

[@fudgelovescake]

15 minutes is it? I thought viagra worked for longer than that!

[@lmariesmith945]

I wouldn't want anything else in any amount of minutes...(even as a 'younger' person -still probably older than the girl in the video though-). We need your challenging conversation, amazing wit and brilliant sense of reality in this real, actual world [with real actual consequences] we are all living in. Thank you for being my science guy, Bill Nye. Yes... three years later.... I said it

[@fuxan]

Solution: do all of the above and do so in this order... Less than or equal to 1 child per parent. (Step away from social norms and religion) Reduce consumption of ALL resources considerably. (Step away from cultural norms and do some introspection) Make our current use of resources more efficient. (Education in science) Then continue to educate others with these extra freed resources and supply the tools to others so that they too can follow the steps above and spread this around. Unfortunately I think we are heading for cataclysmic event and we still must march on to these steps to reduce the diminishing quality of life for all life. We are a part of nature...not apart from it.

[@JoelRiter]

Oh man I would totally turn gay for bill or neil!

[@dominikamaciejasz8698]

And how about Dawkins?

[@JoelRiter]

Dominika Maciejasz Oh our nonexistent narcissistic asshole of a god, I want to agree... I mean that sexy beard... but compared to bill and neil? I dont know man. Definitely at least several aroused hardons or some bisexual curiosity

[@iconoclasttastic9258]

Are you speaking for all gay men then? That's quite a fan club Elon! He does have a lovable awkwardness! Have you seen his wife? She's super hot :)

[@autumnphillips151]

Richard Dawkins is my personal fav lol ;)

[@David-mg5jx]

You're already gay

[@MrMac5150]

Lets PLEASE work on Birth Control, so we may have a pleasant life...........

[@apawar280889]

Bill has a remarkable attitude toward life.

[@BeauJames59]

He blushes at the end. So cute.

[@rubytuby6369]

Please marry me Billlllllll,,, I got the wedding Bell blues ,,,,, marry me Bbbbbbiiiiiiillllllllll.....

[@lazyzombie6322]

Oh man this comments section is pretty cancerous

[@duckmasterflex]

Lazyzombie I know right! Im reading this with my face in my hand. I wonder what is going through bill nyes head when he reads this shit

[@guitarlover1204]

it would be far more effective to put your hand in your face, instead of going throught the whole process of removing your face and putting it in your hand, seriously, put your hand in your face, much more effective! cheers! :D

[@PrincessLollyLolita]

I adore Bill Nye but I worry about his chronic gastric reflux.

[@lilblondiebear]

Bill: "Strange women, lying around on the internet, distributing signs, is no basis for a marriage proposal!"

[@rubytuby6369]

Overpopulation worries are exaggerated. New technology is going to make it much easier for many more people to live in the world long before we have big problems.

[@Xeirus911]

Tell that to the mass deforestation and dead animal populations...

[@rubytuby6369]

Josh T last time I looked forest grow back, and most animals are eaten by other animals or die within 5 to 10 years. People are hunting less, mass production of protein on farms is becoming more and more efficient. Even artificial meat Will probably replace real meat in the near future.

[@TheTarutau]

Rubytuby dude I can't wait for artificial meat to make a scalable breakthrough. Of course that does not mean we should not do what we can to make growing meat more humane and safe. Heavy use of antibiotics is gonna do more harm then good in animal husbandry.

[@thijsjong]

More food will only cause another popultion boom. This goes on until all resources are stripped. Keep on believing in your technoreligion. There is no hidingplace in the Venusproject with 20 bilion hungry people outside its wall.

[@thearchitecturegirl]

Rubytuby once a species is extinct, it doesn't come back. Also the Great Barrier Reef isn't likely to magically come back to life. Some of the damage we are doing is pretty much permanent.

[@celestialteapot3310]

Bill's problem is that he's an engineer, and thank goodness for engineers, but engineers are focussed on fixing things. The truth is that it's probably too late.

[@MrTomtomtest]

The truth is we have reached the peak in newborns 20 years ago and that overpopulation is mainly used as an excuse by some to have less guilt about climate change and the distribution of wealth around the world... Because Bill is being nice really, the impact of one of us on the climate can be greater than a whole village in Niger.

[@celestialteapot3310]

The fecundity of lslam and other magical belief systems will ensure unsustainable growth contributing to the climate damage already done.

[@lun-uhatic195]

Allan Jones bringing religions into overpopulation. My tummy's hurting. Blame religion for that.

[@celestialteapot3310]

Multifactoral causality

[@ohwellwhateverr]

LuN-Uh ATIC When religions preach about the evilness of birth control/abortion and deny women free agency over their own lives, and when these religions combined have billions of followers, *yes*, religion can certainly be blamed for accelerating overpopulation. I doubt it contributed much to your stomachache, though.

[@MikePSU]

One thing that gets overlooked when discussing this overpopulation problem is population density, particularly in the developing nations. Lets use 8 Billion today as a baseline, and for the sake of simplicity, we'll say 50% are in developed nations/regions. Most of the population growth is going to come from the other 50% that is less developed. The areas that are more developed with a more stable population as a whole will be just fine in regards to resource management, but in the less developed nations with more rapidly increasing population there will be a great deal of suffering. There will be famine and water shortages that they won't be able to deal with, however everyone who's able to post here, their lives will be more or less unchanged. It's unfortunate, but the poor, particularly those who don't live in areas with good technology and infrastructure, will be the only ones who really have to be worried about this.

[@HEW_TBL]

‘Hey Bill Nye ,why don’t you start a bow tie company?’

[@MrMac5150]

Dear Bill, You should have had a bed date, before deciding.

[@nyx211]

I *cringed* at the marriage proposal.

[@Flexy59]

That response sure made her want him anymore lmaoo this man is a legend

[@samarman1634]

I believe that was Bill politely telling her that she's out of his league

[@DeadlyAlive...]

Come on, marry her xD

[@EveryDaySlacker]

Did he just basically say she's hot?.. Lol my dude..

[@L405h1h]

How would you fix a problem? Education.

[@matthewsan78]

I can't wait for Bill's show on Netflix!!

[@rubytuby6369]

Take the population of the earth and give each person 1 square yard to stand in,,, how much space would they take up.? you could fit them all into Los Angeles. There's lots of land out there we'll be able to use it much more efficiently in near the future. There's plenty of room for more people.

[@FrankZen]

Yup!

[@thearchitecturegirl]

Rubytuby how long do you think everyone would be able to live standing together in Los Angeles? Not very long I imagine. People need land for more than just to stand in - food, water, clothing, products homes - food in particular takes up a lot of space. What efficiencies do you propose? More GMOs, more pesticides, more fertiliser? We are burning through the world's reserves of phosphorus (a major component of fertilisers) and flushing it away. The only true efficiency is circular economy, if we nail that, maybe you're onto something, but in the current linear model, I'm afraid we're going to start running out of some important stuff. Fresh water as well. Please read 'when the rivers run dry' - it's good, I promise!

[@specialsnowfake6744]

Rubytuby what about other living things?

[@guydude6737]

Did you people watch the video? The point of contention is the amount of resources used per person, not the amount of physical space available.

[@rubytuby6369]

Guy dude I don't think resources are going to be a problem in the near future. Vertical farming, automation, it's going to change everything, and it's going to happen quickly. Abundant clean energy, and water ,,,,,accelerated growth Will be the norm for the next 50 years.

[@PyrrhusVictorian]

if everyone who believes the earth is overpopulated jumps into a volcano, the population would decrease and the debate wouldn't exist. jk please don't jump into volcanos.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

A human-denser world is the only real answer. Every human life is of immense value and sacred, and so of course we should go on enjoying growing.

[@lorenakoran2]

I'm glad you addressed this issue. Coming from a very religious background I've become annoyed by the whole quiver full bull crap. I've been known to remind people that there are children already born that need a family and that their need to birth their own children is a built in survival of the spices thing and not necessary at this time of overpopulation. I'm glad to have more to add to this commentary since watching this clip. Btw, I'm reallying enjoying these answers, I listen to them on the way home from work. I also love your Netflix show, Bill Nye Saves The World. I'd ask you to marry me too, but I also think it's a good idea to get to know someone first. But hey, when you're in the central Wisconsin area I'd love to take you out on a date. 😆

[@thomasmaughan4798]

"their need to birth their own children is a built in survival of the spices thing" Cinnamon, in particular. :-) But it isn't about *species* but about *descendants*. YOUR descendants do nothing for me; hopefully my descendants will think of me occasionally. That the species is continued is the beneficial side effect.

[@Q_20]

overpopulation is such a minuscule and unimportant problem compared to the medical problems like anti-vax and over/misusage of antibiotics

[@kevinsarpei8486]

going vegan is the solution. for example, it takes around 20 pounds of grains and 10.000 litres of water to produce just one pound of beef. good thing there are tasty vegan beef substitutes these days :)

[@rdaevi6129]

Kevin Sarpei meat substitutes are expensive and don't taste very good. Doesn't matter how we eat, we will still face overpopulation. In a perfect world, veganism would only delay the problems of overpopulation not stop it

[@kevinsarpei8486]

Dave Rod i doubt you tried every single meat substitute :) ive been vegan for 7 years, meaning ive tried a lot of them. some are disgusting, and some taste amazing. you might wanna try Beyond Meat and gardein products ;)

[@VeganO_MexicanO]

Kevin Sarpei Or you can make it yourself and experimenting with condiments, spices, legumes, etc. Me being vegan for more than a year and carry on! ;)

[@JewTube001]

You don't even need to eat meat substitutes. Also you're wrong some of them taste really good, like Quorn Dippers. They taste fucking great. There's a lot of variance among meat subs because the ingredients and methods differ greatly between brands.

[@lukelelievre754]

Kevin Sarpei Tbh, I was going to comment this. Bill doesn't straight up say going vegan would be a solution but he alludes to it lol. It would cause a lot of controversy and he would get dislikes if he said it. I'm a vegan myself.

[@thomasslone1964]

Who says it was a joke, I'd almost be gay for such a hero if it would help the endeavor, we should have a science hero appreciation day where we write thank you letters to our favorite scientists / educators

[@rayojibwe2073]

Bill admitted to briefly checking her out before he answered. Haha Bill you sly dog! Gotta love em....

[@henrynoone3595]

This carry on at the end is gold hahahaha. It is like saying volvera maniana in Spanish. It is a polite way to say go fuck your self hahahaha