These Earth Day predictions from 1970 never came true

Fox News ^ | 22 Apr 2016

[mandaladon]

I bet all these environmentalists are liberals...

[OddLane]

Many, no doubt.

The way the environmental movement was co-opted by the open borders lobby, and became simply an other left wing special interest, is a fascinating story.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Peak Earth! Peak Earth!

[soycd]

Predictions - Science == Random(x);

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

1970...Isn’t that the same timeframe that we were headed towards the next ice age?

[yarddog]

Well the end of civilization pretty much has happened.

When Bill Clinton was re-elected despite his sleazy and illegal record. Then to make sure we were gone, we elected then re-elected the Marxist/Communist.

[Romulus]

Well, the predictions weren’t entirely wrong. We certainly have seen the end of civilization.

[max americana]

“I bet all these environmentalists are liberals... “

Well, no sh*t. Will the sun come up tomorrow?

[OddLane]

Yeah, Paul Ehrlich hasn't been having the best couple of centuries, has he?

[Vigilanteman]

Oh yes. I was a high school student back then. We were all going to freeze to death unless we did pretty much the same thing the global warming cult wants us do now: turn over all political and economic control to them.

[LongWayHome]

I remember some of this stuff as a kid.....junk science.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[A_perfect_lady]

Hundreds of millions will starve

Obesity is a bigger problem (no pun intended) than starvation.

[bigbob]

but the acid was great!

[SandRat]

and about to ELECT a raging egomaniac.

[Colinsky]

I fell for the gloom and doom forecasts back then but was turned around by Ben Wattenberg’s book, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE BAD NEWS IS WRONG.

[98ZJ USMC]

Essentially, all of them.

Surprise, surprise........

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[NJRighty]

Life Magazine claimed that people would have to wear gas masks in cities in ten years due to pollution

I remember very well that our Junior HS science textbooks in the mid 1970s showed a picture of people walking in the street with gas masks on and dark skies in daytime. They were teaching doom and gloom for the planet even back then.

[98ZJ USMC]

I fell for the gloom and doom forecasts

To a point and I wouldn't say all of them. Then, we learned.