Hollywood Star and Environmental Whacktivist Mark Ruffalo Says Ukraine War ‘a Gift’ to Climate Change Advocates – Opinion

Hollywood celebrities have a long and storied history of uttering ridiculous things, but Avengers actor Mark Ruffalo hit a new low on Tuesday when he said the Ukraine war was “a gift” for climate change activists. The Putin-led carnage has been a “gift” to no one and has resulted in thousands of deaths and the destruction of entire cities. But, it is somehow a blessing to Ruffalo.

This is actually quite sick. It is a very sick idea to tell a Ukrainian mother with a dying child that it may be simpler now to pass a bill for solar panels or subsidise a windmill farm.

Ruffalo appeared on MSNBC’s Katy Tur reports Spout:

This is a moment for President Biden to take this — our momentum, people’s fear, their disgust at the war, their disgust with energy prices — and use that to solidify a message to the American people that now is the time to transition, this is where the jobs are, this is where the national security is, and we are going to push him to do it. We see this as a gift for the president. He accepts it as such.

This is the most alarming aspect of his behavior. It is hard to believe that you can be happy over the loss of a war. The video’s :38 mark is when he really feels happy.

Mark Ruffalo calls Ukraine war ‘gift’ for President Biden’s climate change agenda https://t.co/8u5wgEAOIm

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2022

He was promoting a similar message this month.

“It’s time to unite for #CleanEnergyFreedom,” Ruffalo tweeted on Earth Day last week. “[President Biden] can strengthen national security, lower energy prices, create jobs & avert climate disaster through clean energy independence.”

He wants Biden to explain what he is asking. You can’t just snap your fingers and solve this problem instantly. Another executive order is issued, requiring that someone find the best energy source for Greta Thunberg by next week.

The problem, as with so many of these passionate cries for an immediate transition, is that we simply don’t have the technology to change overnight to clean, affordable, renewable energy. Yes, it’s a worthy goal, and let’s pray we get there—but we’re not there yet. An MIT professor sums it up succinctly at the university’s Climate Portal website:

“Unfortunately, these are not solved problems,” says Desiree Plata, MIT Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. “While we do have the technology to make a lot of systems nearly carbon neutral, none of these systems can run the same way they do today and the cost to implement [some of today’s solutions] is prohibitively high.”

We can continue to limit our own oil and gas production, even though we have tremendous resources, but that simply shifts the production burden to dictatorships in the Middle East or… Russia. Biden makes a lot of talk about Russia and seems to be imagining what Putin could do for him. But the truth is that we still bought from the war-mongering country until March.

Ruffalo joins an extensive list of Hollywood celebrities who have traveled to exotic places in support of climate change reforms. These goals are noble, but the rhetoric behind them is not. A recent Jim Jefferies Show podcast, Brad Pitt made an appearance:

Taking on the role of a concerned weatherman, he offered a grim outlook on the weather – when asked about a future forecast, Weatherman Pitt grimly responded, “There’s no tomorrow.”

There is no future. It is such a powerful message.

What’s this kind of talk doing to our children? Hint: it’s turning them into guilt-ridden, anxiety-plagued blobs of fear. As even NPR reports:

Results showed that many teenagers feel anxious and fearful, which can affect their ability for them to function. The way that they feel about climate changes was a major factor in the responses of more than 45%. It can have a negative impact on their daily lives..

“What makes youth activism so powerful is that young people are sure & certain about what they want. Many young people worry about the future. Climate change is a matter of life and death for young people – and we want life.” – @vanessa_vash, Read more👉https://t.co/XqxY2edSnb pic.twitter.com/aV45ECQX2z

— Women4Climate (@Women4Climate) April 23, 2020

The goal of renewable cheap energy may be noble, but Ruffalo’s use of a vicious war to prove his point is beyond the pale and proves once more that Hollywood is deeply, deeply out of touch.