Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher called Jane Fonda “naive” during a “Club Random” podcast conversation in which the Hollywood actress called for an end to fossil fuels as we know them. [emphasis, links added]
“This will never happen” Maher said.
Jane Fonda appeared on Monday's episode of the “Club Random” podcast, during which she and Bill Maher talked about a wide range of topics, including aging (Fonda turns 87 this month), marriage and politics.
At one point, Fonda turned the conversation to her favorite activist cause: climate change.
“We're facing a climate crisis, and based on the science – and I believe in following the science – we don't have much time to act on it,” she said before making her request: “Stop all new fossil fuel development and soon we will be able to Cut our emissions in half and then phase them out.
Maher isn’t buying the bill—not because he’s not on her side, but because he doesn’t think civilization will voluntarily give up fossil fuels.
“This will never happen” he said. “It's not just something humans are willing to do.”
Fonda responded: “This has to happen or we have no future.”
Mach thinks China and India will not be willing to reduce carbon emissions. “Are you going to tell them, rich white lady, I'm sorry – we ran out of all the air? … They're going to go – screw it.
Fonda then promoted the development of solar and wind energy and “given money to countries in the Southern Hemisphere,” i.e. Sending trillions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to other countries to develop green energy.
Mach fought back again. “I have no objection to your plan. I'm just saying this isn't a plan that will never pass, so why obsess over it?
he went on to say Civilizations may have to “invent their way out of this mess,” saying carbon capture technology and other innovations may be better solutions.
After a while, Fonda said, “You're so cynical.”
Maher replied: “You're so naive.”
Jane Fonda has spent the past few years working on fighting climate change.
According to Breitbart News, Fonda recently campaigned for Kamala Harris, believing a Harris-Walz vote would cut fossil fuels in half to address what the actress calls “the climate emergency.”
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