Jason Momoa Shames Humanity And Calls It A Disease At The UN Climate Summit, Now Some Say He Went Too Far
Jason Momoa addressed the United Nations in a way that’s very reminiscent of the powerful Greta Thunberg speech. Momoa, who spoke at the Small Islands Event on September 27, said that the world leaders aren’t doing enough to fight off climate change. However, the Hawaii-born Aquaman actor didn’t blame just them; he made it clear that humanity as a whole is “a disease that is infecting our planet.”
Watch Jason Momoa give his powerful speech at the United Nations in the video below
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The 40-year-old actor was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, but raised by his mother in Iowa. His unique past gave Momoa “a foothold in two worlds,” and enabled him “to see how a problem for one will soon become a problem for all.” The speech emphasized the damaging effects humanity exerts on the oceans the most. Momoa highlighted that the garbage patch floating in the Pacific Ocean has grown larger than France, adding that we’ve developed a “devastating crisis of plastic pollution.”
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While Momoa and Thunberg’s messages were in sync, Jason’s tone was more a parental one. “We can no longer afford the luxury of half-assing [our movement toward a sustainable way of life], ” Momoa said, “as we willingly force ourselves beyond the threshold of no return.”
Later, the actor had this to say about his experience at the U.N.
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Many applauded his words
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Others, however, expressed a different opinion
So the discussion continued
It's just unbelievable how many people still don't seem to get the message that it's not the environment that is at stake, but it's the future of us and our children that's in grave danger. Where will you be when you have earned $3 billion dollars but you can't buy food or clean water and there's no clean air to breathe?
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A tiny increase in carbon dioxide does not make the air dirty.
Define tiny, dimwit. There has not been a tiny increase. It has been a substantial one, and it keeps increasing... year after year after year. If you live in a big city, go out into the country and marvel at how clean the air is.... THERE IS A FUCKING PROBLEM DIMWIT!
Times that by 3 billion people... now tell me that that’s not a heavy impact on our planet!!! ...I’ll wait...
Well if you consider the way how we gain benefit from earth resources and harming the earth, we human are indeed the parasitic disease.
No we're not. We're people who were forced to become consumers for a system in which we have no choice but to play their game. I'm sick of major powers shirking their responsibility and making it the problem of the poorest . Maybe they shouldn't ignore, nay sanction, corruption. If they really wanted to make a difference, and this is just very small example, they ought to maintain sustainable practices in their industry which may or may not cost them more but will decrease their bottom line, but we're kidding ourselves if we think they're going to do that. That's not to say there isn't "good" companies. look at Interface flooring, absolute champs when it comes to the environment and employee treatment
I think all of us have a responsibility to our planet :) how much, and what we can do about it- is debatable. But I think we all play a part
I agree with you. We ha e the ability and resources to change how we waste and use energy but big money doesn't let it get out. Why are solar power panels not a thing on every house? Why are we not using electric cars everywhere? We have systems that clean water to drink but we don't place them in all the communities that needs them.
Electric cars solve nothing. Too many resources to move one or two people
Because it costs.... and big businesses like Oil businesses don't like that they will lose business.
Because people who make money on oil won't let it happen. And people without money cannot fight them.
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The anti-vaxxers may have a point, but not the one they think. The world population will soon reach 8 billion. "It is estimated that the population of the world reached one billion for the first time in 1804. It would be another 123 years before it reached two billion in 1927, but it took only 33 years to rise by another billion people, reaching three billion in 1960." https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › World_population_milestones
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@Monika Soffronow Go the fuck away with your brainless Anti-Vaxxer crap.
bye
Here's a thought: instead of perpetrating fear mongering, throw your money behind projects like the two blokes from Australia who developed an ocean cleaning device that is doing this very thing right now. Support Sea Shepherds! Encourage your fan base to do the same, clean up our beaches, help other countries legislate against ocean dumping!
It's just unbelievable how many people still don't seem to get the message that it's not the environment that is at stake, but it's the future of us and our children that's in grave danger. Where will you be when you have earned $3 billion dollars but you can't buy food or clean water and there's no clean air to breathe?
Perrie air from Spaceballs
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A tiny increase in carbon dioxide does not make the air dirty.
Define tiny, dimwit. There has not been a tiny increase. It has been a substantial one, and it keeps increasing... year after year after year. If you live in a big city, go out into the country and marvel at how clean the air is.... THERE IS A FUCKING PROBLEM DIMWIT!
Times that by 3 billion people... now tell me that that’s not a heavy impact on our planet!!! ...I’ll wait...
Well if you consider the way how we gain benefit from earth resources and harming the earth, we human are indeed the parasitic disease.
No we're not. We're people who were forced to become consumers for a system in which we have no choice but to play their game. I'm sick of major powers shirking their responsibility and making it the problem of the poorest . Maybe they shouldn't ignore, nay sanction, corruption. If they really wanted to make a difference, and this is just very small example, they ought to maintain sustainable practices in their industry which may or may not cost them more but will decrease their bottom line, but we're kidding ourselves if we think they're going to do that. That's not to say there isn't "good" companies. look at Interface flooring, absolute champs when it comes to the environment and employee treatment
I think all of us have a responsibility to our planet :) how much, and what we can do about it- is debatable. But I think we all play a part
I agree with you. We ha e the ability and resources to change how we waste and use energy but big money doesn't let it get out. Why are solar power panels not a thing on every house? Why are we not using electric cars everywhere? We have systems that clean water to drink but we don't place them in all the communities that needs them.
Electric cars solve nothing. Too many resources to move one or two people
Because it costs.... and big businesses like Oil businesses don't like that they will lose business.
Because people who make money on oil won't let it happen. And people without money cannot fight them.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
The anti-vaxxers may have a point, but not the one they think. The world population will soon reach 8 billion. "It is estimated that the population of the world reached one billion for the first time in 1804. It would be another 123 years before it reached two billion in 1927, but it took only 33 years to rise by another billion people, reaching three billion in 1960." https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › World_population_milestones
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@Monika Soffronow Go the fuck away with your brainless Anti-Vaxxer crap.
bye
Here's a thought: instead of perpetrating fear mongering, throw your money behind projects like the two blokes from Australia who developed an ocean cleaning device that is doing this very thing right now. Support Sea Shepherds! Encourage your fan base to do the same, clean up our beaches, help other countries legislate against ocean dumping!