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title: "2 Greenhouse Effect Quotes By Bill Nye"
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> [“Venus is kept that way by a thick, dense atmosphere that’s full of carbon dioxide. It’s the greenhouse effect gone wild—runaway, as it is oft described. In fact, the models of climate change here on Earth were developed in part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/venus-is-kept-that-way-by-a-thick-dense-atmosphere-that-s-full-of/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

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> [“Regardless of where they strike, large asteroids would boil seas, fill the air with dust and acidic compounds, and perhaps induce carbon dioxide to cook off out of the rocks and into the air, triggering a strong greenhouse effect, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/regardless-of-where-they-strike-large-asteroids-would-boil-seas-fill/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

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## More by Bill Nye

> [That's what makes a human a human, if we store information outside our bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/that-s-what-makes-a-human-a-human-if-we-store-information-outside-our/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [To try to really land a spacecraft really on another world is really difficult, and if we lose that ability, it's going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/to-try-to-really-land-a-spacecraft-really-on-another-world-is-really/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/humor-is-everywhere-in-that-there-s-irony-in-just-about-anything-a/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/there-s-nothing-i-believe-in-more-strongly-than-getting-young-people/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [Tax dollars intended for science education must not be used to teach creationism as any sort of real explanation of nature, because any observation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/tax-dollars-intended-for-science-education-must-not-be-used-to-teach/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change. All of these people breathing and burning our atmosphere has led to an extraordinarily dangerous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/the-most-serious-problem-facing-humankind-is-climate-change-all-of/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [If you just take a single human and put him or her in the forest he or she might not do very well without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/if-you-just-take-a-single-human-and-put-him-or-her-in-the-forest-he/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [“Over billions of years, the planets exchange quite a bit of material. This is not speculation; this is fact. Planetary scientists have found pieces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/over-billions-of-years-the-planets-exchange-quite-a-bit-of-material/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [From an evolutionary standpoint you can't just wipe everything out and start over, and I don't think you can do it in the school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/from-an-evolutionary-standpoint-you-can-t-just-wipe-everything-out/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [“People who should (or do) know better keep confusing weather with climate. Weather is what happens day to day in one place. Climate is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/people-who-should-or-do-know-better-keep-confusing-weather-with/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/the-more-you-find-out-about-the-world-the-more-opportunities-there/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [Millennial voters are very concerned about climate change and will vote for candidates who are planning to address it. But the systems that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/millennial-voters-are-very-concerned-about-climate-change-and-will/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [By the way, most of the light that comes from the sun is green.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/by-the-way-most-of-the-light-that-comes-from-the-sun-is-green/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [“As of this writing, the Opportunity rover is still roving. It was designed to run ninety Martian days—just over three months—but it is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/as-of-this-writing-the-opportunity-rover-is-still-roving-it-was/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [“radioactive Rubidium-87, containing 37 protons (and 50 neutrons), can change or decay to strontium, which has 38 protons. These two elements can be thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/radioactive-rubidium-87-containing-37-protons-and-50-neutrons-can/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

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