When I was a boy, I saw “The Population Bomb” by Paul Erlich on my parent’s bookshelf. I pulled it down and read a few chapters and then got so depressed. By the end of the 1970s, the world would run out of food and millions of people in America would be dying and according to the author, there was NOTHING we could do about it. It was your typical leftist depressing book and I was just a naive kid. It caused me a lot of sleepless nights. But I eventually learned that the world is full of charlatans and con artists - the “global warming” baloney of 2017 is no different.
I remember hearing about The Population Bomb but didn't read.
I think we may have read Silent Spring in my Junior High English or American Lit class. Can't say for sure. Slept my way through most of Jr. High and High School.
I do remember being depressed that bread was going to cost 100 dollars a loaf by the time I graduated and all the oil was going to be gone.