television personality and author bill nye ` the science guy ' joined president barack obama today for an earth day excursion , riding aboard air force one with the president .
the white house said tuesday that nye , who has degrees in engineering but was made famous by his 90s era television show for school children , ` bill nye the science guy .
on the road trip from joint base andrews in maryland to the florida everglades and back again , a 1,836 mile flight , nye will have ample opportunity to take a big whiff of the carbon being emitted from the president 's jet as it burns up more than 9,180 gallons of fuel .