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1. Population Bomb to Cause Global Famine by 2000

The first Earth Day, in 1970, was filled with hyperbole and exaggerations about mankind’s future. Much of the craziness was unearthed in a remarkable expose in 2000 by Reason contributor Ronald Bailey.

One of the most common ideas, in a throwback to Malthus, was that the global food supply simply couldn’t keep up with population growth.

Stepman adds that the left claimed that the planet could not feed the people of the world. But this has failed to come to pass. Indeed, global hunger has been declining.



2. Air Pollution Will Be So Bad That City Dwellers Will Have to Wear Gas Masks

“Another grand prediction at Earth Day 1970 (it was full of doozies) was that the air pollution problem common to many American cities would continue to get exponentially worse without widespread government control of the American way of life,” Stepman wrote.

But…

This didn’t happen, in part due to federal, state, and local restrictions on emissions. But it had much more to do with the general societal response to the problem.

Wealthier, more prosperous societies simply have more means and more of an inclination to make trade-offs to enjoy cleaner air. Free societies such as the United States found ways to reduce pollutants as a means to improve quality of life.



3. Entire Nations Could Be Wiped Out by 1999

“A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the g****l w*****g trend is not reversed by the year 2000.,” the AP reported years ago.

Well, we know that didn’t happen.

4. Ice Caps Will Melt Away

“Predictions about the polar ice caps melting have been common. Dramatic pictures of polar bears floating on tiny icebergs have been some of the iconic images of the c*****e c****e movement,” Stepman wrote.



But…

Not only have the ice caps survived these predictions of doom, but they have occasionally grown in size. Between 2012 and 2016, Arctic ice increased from an average of 2.2 million square miles to 3.3 million square miles, according to The Telegraph.

5. The Coming Ice Age

In 1958, Betty Friedan, one of the leading thinkers of radical, modern feminism, wrote an article in Harper’s magazine describing the “coming ice age.”

It seems the mixing of climate science and radical left-wing politics is nothing new.


Stepman notes: “Needless to say, despite the chilly winter, the ice caps are still with us and the new ice age hasn’t come.”

Stepman concludes saying, “If there’s a lesson to be learned from all of these predictions, it’s not that scientists are always wrong or that we shouldn’t be good stewards of the environment. Instead, we should treat extreme predictions with skepticism, especially if they mean upending our way of life.”

Follow Warner Todd Huston on Twitter @warnerthuston.

steve66613

So, you’re saying AOC is probably wrong about the world coming to an end in 12 years?

OMG..human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together....mass hysteria!

badbobby Loc: texas

yes
I would go out on a limb
and venture to say that
course at my age
I won't be around to brag

bahmer

Who says so you are like the energizer bunny you just keep going and going and going.
Good luck fishin tomorrow catch some big uns.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Just the idea of Al Gore and the President of France, Macron crying themselves to sleep each night makes me smile. They wanted so bad to be sock puppets of the NWO.

jim_shipley

If the space rock we know about hits we will not last 12 years.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

That's not how the Bible says how our world will end. I'll stick with that version.

peg w

However you have this
When i first moved here. Snow machines would regulaly go go down the frozen River outside my house. The river has not frozen over in the last 5 years. I remember a DJ saying it was not worth having air conditioning in a car. Not so now!

bahmer

Amen and Amen

Seth

No sweat, that's what we have Bruce Willis for.