Posted on 04/22/2016 5:10:54 PM PDT by mandaladon
Back in 1970, when the world celebrated the first Earth Day, environmentalists were worried that without dramatic measures, the future would be catastrophic for the Earth and civilization. But their grim predictions haven’t come true, The Daily Caller News Foundation pointed out today, assembling a list of seven incorrect predictions of doom regarding the planet and civilization. The following are highlights from their list.
The end of civilization within three decades
Nobel laureate George Wald prophesied in 1970 that civilization would end “unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind,” The Daily Caller reported. Civilization is still here.
Hundreds of millions will starve
Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, forecast in 1970 that vast famines would occur in that decade and the next. England would be hit by food shortages, the country would collapse, and civilization would come to an end. And yet the world’s per capita GDP has grown even as the global population has, and fewer people live in poverty.
Gas masks will be required in cities
In January of 1970, Life Magazine claimed that people would have to wear gas masks in cities in ten years due to pollution, and that in 1985, air pollution would cause the world to receive only half the normal amount of sunlight. In fact, air quality is getting better, the World Health Organization says.
The world’s oil will run out
Kenneth Watt, an ecologist, predicted in 1970 that there would be no more oil in the future. Watt wasn’t the only one who thought the world’s oil was peaking— but he was wrong. In fact, today there is an oil glut, leading to cheap prices. Part of the reason for that is the boom of fracking in the United States,
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The survey at the source site asked;
Do environmentalists make up predictions or are they wrong?
I didn’t answer it because they want an email address and I don’t want any more spam.
Earth Day which probably got it’s start with Rachael Carson’s “Silent Spring”.
That book is probably the most harmful force for the world other than Satan who I am sure is behind it and many others which mislead people.
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On the other hand...maybe I should actually thank them for turning me into such a cynical truth seeking conservative.
Calling it junk science is an insult to JUNK, and science.
Well; Rachel Carson did manage to kill off millions of people with the banning of DDT.
So perhaps she accomplished her mission; fewer people, better planet.
Yup....frightening times when this stuff passes for any kind of science.
Back in 1968, he had the human race starving to death by 1990. When that didn't happen, he came out with pretty much the same book and pushed the date back another 20 years. Now it's 2016 and this alarmist is still alive and kicking, breathing our air and eating our food.
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