18 Spectacularly Wrong Predictions Made Around the Time of the First Earth Day in 1970, Expect More This Year (2021)

https://www.aei.org/ ^ | 4/21/2021 | Mark J. Perry

[Red Badger]

None of that came true, so Bill Gates is helping out.................

[butlerweave]

I predict they’ll never stop making Spectacularly Wrong Predictions

[rktman]

Sounds like a low number to me. Or are we just talking the spectacular fails. 😂👍

[Sirius Lee]

65 million Americans, would perish in the “Great Die-Off.”

If you factor abortion, then this is true.

Although that's more of a "Great Murder-Off".

[hinckley buzzard]

For more such fun, wattsupwiththat.com has a feature, “failed climate predictions timeline.” Many more predictions of doom, along with expiration dates and outcomes.

[Yardstick]

Remarkable how the left’s history of spectacular wrongness in ecology and every other aspect of human existence doesn’t disqualify it from holding political power.

[USAF1985]

The hurricane forecasters use the same checklist when making their dire predictions. It’s funny when they have to adjust their numbers midway through the season. If a big one does hit, then they get to say “I told you so.”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Ecologists"

That reminds me a caution sign on Interstate 90 in Spokane, WA a few weeks ago. It was one of those temporary diamond-shaped orange warning signs they put up to protect people working on the road. There was a crew of people picking up the accumulation of winter litter that becomes visible after the last snow melts. The sign read something like:

"Caution. Ecologists at work"

LOL...litter picker-uppers are now "ecologists."

[xp38]

Paul R. Ehrlich is still alive at the ripe old age of 91. He has an amazing ability to avoid all the disasters he predicted.

[PGR88]

[Romulus]

#1 certainly was on the money.

[Red Badger]

Civilized behavior certainly has died....................😎

[Dr. Sivana]

Paul R. Ehrlich is still alive at the ripe old age of 91.

He has certainly used up more than his fair share of the planet's resources. I used to pray for Kathrine Hepburn, figuring God was keeping her alive for some reason. Maybe I will start praying for Ehrlich.

[cgbg]

The “scientists” of the time proved they were witch doctors in disguise.

[NorthMountain]

Although that's more of a "Great Murder-Off".

Indeed. It's the result of mental pollution, not environmental pollution.

[metmom]

On the contrary, looking at the condition of the people around me these days, mass starvation is NOT an issue.

[TangoLimaSierra]

"...by 1985 air pollution will have reduced the amount of sunlight reaching earth by one half….”

Wow! Look at that. We've had the cure for global warming all along.

[linMcHlp]

U.S. Constitution

 Article 1. The Congress Shall:

Construct a thermostat to control the temperature of planet earth;

Every hour, adjust that thermostat;

Set the maximum level of the oceans;

Set the miles per Kilowatt;

Set the rotational speed of the planet earth;

Set the size of The Ozone Hole;

Plug every methane gas leak on the planet earth;

Ban animal flatulence (cow farts, but also "for other purposes");

Set the size of glacers;

Include bears, wolves, multiple personalities, and reflections in the census.

[linMcHlp]

“glacers” -> glaciers