Self-procrastination child activist Greta Thunberg promoted the so-called scientist warning that “climate change will wipe out all humanity, and it’s almost six years by 2023 unless we stop using fossil fuels. [emphasis, links added]
Harvard professor James Anderson also predicted scientists By 2022, there will be no floes at the Arctic seas” and no “Marshall Plan-style efforts, over the next five years, the world will take extreme measures to completely transition fossil fuels. ”
This hasn't happened, but climate activists still warn that the Arctic may be free of ice sometime between 2035 and 2067.
Not surprisingly, there is a long history (dating back to the 1970s) of so-called climate scientists and government bureaucrats who made catastrophic predictions about an environment that never came true.
Here are the 10 most shocking examples. enjoy!
1) In 1970, S. Dillon Ripley, a wildlife conservationist who served as secretary of the Smithsonian College, warned By 1995, 75% to 80% of species will become extinct. Wrong.
2) In 1970, Kenneth Watt, an ecologist and professor at the University of California, Davis, warned that “there will be no more oil” and that “our land will not be suitable for agriculture” and that by 2000, the world will be colder. Wrong.
3) In 1970, Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich warned that as many as 200 million people would die of starvation each year due to overpopulation, life expectancy would drop to 42 years, and all marine life would perish. Extremely wrong.
4) In 1970, Peter Gunter, a professor at North Texas State University, predicted that “the world’s population will surpass food supply except Western Europe, North America and Australia” and “the whole world will fall into famine.” Nothing happened.
5) In 1971, NASA's atmospheric scientist Dr. Si Rasool predicted the “New Ice Age” within 50 years. Incorrect.
6) In 1975, Stanford biologist Ehrlich warned that 90% of rainforests and 50% of species would disappear within 30 years. mistake.
7) In 1988, Hussein Shihab, director of environmental affairs at Maldives, warned that his island nation would be completely underwater for 30 years, which was even irrelevant, as experts also predicted that the Maldives would drink water from 1992 to 1992. Wrong.
8) In 2004, the Pentagon analysis warned of global anarchy due to climate change. By 2020, major European cities will be underwater, and the UK will suffer from the “Siberian” climate. Extremely wrong.
9) In 2008, ABC News's Bob Woodruff hosted a two-hour climate change, specifically warning that New York City might make underwater, as well as other apocalyptic predictions in 2015. Nothing happened.
10) In 2009, former vice president and climate activist Al Gore predicted that by 2014, there would be no ice in the Arctic sea, which was with Greta Thunberg saying it would happen until 2022. No.
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