---
title: "Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”"
description: "In an advertisement for Google Chromebooks, Bill Nye argues that investing in green energy will make you \"filthy $@!% rich.\""
date: "2019-08-13"
modified: "2019-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/bill-nye-green-energy-filthy-rich"
categories:
  - "Energy"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "bill nye"
  - "climate change"
  - "green energy"
  - "the digest"
---

# Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”

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*\<em\>Image: Google\</em\>*

## Filthy Rich

Why should anybody care about climate change?

Well, childhood hero and TV presenter Bill Nye has an extremely simple answer. In an advertisement for Google Chromebooks, Bill Nye argues that investing in green energy will make you "filthy $@!% rich."

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1FMHnqAqk8/

"Can you imagine how much sweet, sweet cabbage you'll be piling up if you could invent a cleaner energy source or help develop carbon capture technology?" Nye asks in the clip. To put it even more bluntly, Nye argues that such a discovery could earn you "stacks plus stacks equals more stacks."

## Potty Mouth

It's not the first time we've encountered Nye's potty mouth. Nye [dropped a whole bunch of f-bombs](<https://youtu.be/JDcro7dPqpA>) in May during his appearance on HBO's "Last Week Tonight" while discussing the severity of climate change.

"So go green and get green. See what I'm saying?" he adds in the Chromebook video, getting dangerously close to doing another mic drop. "And turn off the damn lights."

**READ MORE:** [Bill Nye Going Green](<https://www.instagram.com/p/B1FMHnqAqk8/>) \[Chromebook\]

**More on Bill Nye:** *[Bill Nye on Terraforming Mars: “Are You Guys High?”](<https://futurism.com/bill-nye-mars-terraforming-high>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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