Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions

Competitive Enterprise Institute ^ | September 18, 2019 | Steven J. Milloy

[Grampa Dave]

Amazing, we are still here, and I’m wearing a vest since it is 61 degrees at 9:45 PDT in N. California.

[dp0622]

I was 7 when the 1975 famine report came out.

I was so sure I would die of one of a million things once, maybe even from a global freeze.

Now at 51, it seems I have a chance of dying of old age.

Ain’t that a kick in the head :)

And each generation will have its speakers of doom telling them what will destroy the earth and humans and cats and dogs and goldfish and...

[Oshkalaboomboom]

We live a 600 meter walk from the beach, probably half that distance as the crow flies, and we've been waiting patiently for it to become beachfront property. If we're a millimeter closer I can't tell. I feel cheated.

[chuckles]

ping to mail to my congressmen later. pong to keep for the next generation to prove how stupid people can be. ping again for kids that abort children because they don’t want them to die because we vote Republican.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The Earth is not fragile. An omnipotent God is in charge.

[Maceman]

Bump for future reference.

[Maceman]

Bump for future reference.

[outofsalt]

The Greta^Tm will be leading the Hoax on Friday in DC.
How many dims will grab the mike to herald Chicken Little?

[yoe]

(when did BHO stop believing in CC?)

What is the Truman quote about becoming wealthy in Washington, D.C.........

[GOPJ]

None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true.

NOT ONE... Not one itty bitty little one...not one... zip, nada, zero... NONE of them have ever come true...

[DoughtyOne]

Sad thing is that the result of all those nonsensical predictions, is the fact most people now ignore reasoned warnings.

And then when something happens, these folks that missed on tens of thousands of fake predictions, then claim they predicted it before hand.

Yep, they predicted hundreds of bad things, and came close once.

That’s what I consider possibly actionable prediction malpractice.

[DarkWaters]

The left never changes, look at the picture of Dr. Paul Ehrlich, a lot like that water color portrait of Obama or perhaps it should be reversed.

[Grampa Dave]

We have relatives who were farmers and ranchers when that bs came out about everyone starving.

They and their off spring said that it was bs then,and they say the same thing, when it is polished up as the latest end of the world.

[Brian Griffin]

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Obama:

I have a small favor to ask.

Could you exchange your “Black Magic” for my “White Privilege”?

Yours Truly,

Brian Griffin

[cranked]

For thousands of years, people have been claiming and asserting ‘the end is nigh’......anyone expecting a change or for such to stop are hilarious historically ignorant and utterly hilarious......

[jmacusa]

67 and partly cloudy , cool and a bit breezy here on The Jersey Shore.

[jdsteel]

Awesome post. Is there any way I can archive this????

[Theophilus]

If we’re ever right, you won’t be around to kick us around anymore, but neither will we. Believe us, ths sky is galling!

[Grampa Dave]

Gorebull warming here at 77 with 48% humidity. Wind at 16 mph from the WSW.