Jeff Goldblum wants the oil industry to not be “garbage people.”
In a video posted on “Funny or Die” Thursday, the “Jurassic Park” actor, playing a character named the Fixer, tells a roomful of “oil executives” to abide by President Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
Goldblum, whose friendship with “Miami Vice” actor Don Johnson is mentioned repeatedly in the video, tells the executives that his solution to their problem with the Clean Power Plan is to go along with it.
“What I’m saying is that it makes sense,” Goldblum says. “The fact that you’re objecting to these very simple and reasonable asks feels to me like you might be some of the worst, most execrable, selfish, reptilian, nincompoops with whom I’ve ever had the distinct displeasure of working.”
The video was posted in partnership with the League of Conservation Voters.
The Clean Power Plan is the centerpiece of President Obama’s climate change agenda and a key in securing a global deal on emission reductions at a United Nations meeting in Paris in December. It sets limits on carbon dioxide emissions on power plants by requiring states to cut emissions one-third by 2030.
In the video, Goldblum’s recommendation is met with screams and howls of displeasure by the oil executives, one of whom keeps mentioning how much he loved the 1980s and is progressively dressed up more and more in that decade’s unique fashion as the video progresses.
Goldblum sums up his point by saying profits will be fine, and if not, he doesn’t care, and he cares more about his children than the executives’ complaints.
“Don’t be garbage people,” Goldblum says.
