It seems like climate change deniers are confident in their unfounded feeling , as long as their money is not on the line .

pop television presenter Bill Nye , “ the science guy , ”   propose two $ 20,000 dollar   bets to Marc Morano , a prominent mood change denier , but was turn down   during an consultation with him . The first stake was about 2016 being in the top 10 hot eld on record . The second one concerned this current decade being the hottest on record .

Morano , who is part of the   conservative clime skeptic think army tank Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow ( CFACT ) but   has no formal mood science breeding , told Nye that he would n’t take the bet because the results would only be what the " government agency announce , "   and claimed the rise would not be pregnant ,   although his   ClimateDepot website   continues to take that Earth is actually experiencing “ global cooling ” . Of course , any ascent in temperature is important , and perhaps most significant of all is that temperature are continuing to get up .

Speaking toDesmog , Morano supply   he would not take the because it was " silly , "   adding it was " obvious " the official records would show more warming .

Perhaps Morano probably does n’t require to end up like theGerman anti - vaxxerwho was hale to pay off a $ 106,000 stake after he challenged the great unwashed to prove that rubeola was because of a virus .

Above , Nye confabulation to Morano and proposes the wager

Billy Nye choose a stakes that would be almost impossible to lose . 2015 has been thehottest year on recordby a pregnant border , and thefirst calendar month of 2016was spicy still . Since 2000 , 14 out of the 16 year have been the hot years on record .

Nye proposed the bets during an interview for Morano ’s new celluloid " Climate Hustle , "   a propaganda picture show for clime deniers . Climate Hustle ’s hypotheses go against the conclusion of universities , major science academies , and 97 percent of the world ’s clime scientist .

Talking to Desmog , Nye said : “ From what [ Mr. Morano ] chose to show us , the film seems to be a series of interviews with traditional climate change denier . As an on - camera master , I get hold Mr. Morano ’s functioning stiff and not piquant . For me , the uneven performance added to the artful and unprofessional nature of the motion picture . ”

[ H / T : Desmog ]