Doms day predictions

[El Luchador]

In 1970 we were told of the impending ice age do to pollution,  solution: socialism. 

In 1958 we were warned of the melting ice caps and the impending destruction associated with it.  The ice was 7 feet thick on average and at the predicted rate of melting the children of that generation would see the complete loss of the polar ice cap. Today we still have 7 feet of ice.

[Bigbrog]

1 minute ago, El Luchador said:

In 1970 we were told of the impending ice age do to pollution,  solution: socialism. 

In 1958 we were warned of the melting ice caps and the impending destruction associated with it.  The ice was 7 feet thick on average and at the predicted rate of melting the children of that generation would see the complete loss of the polar ice cap. Today we still have 7 feet of ice.

Come on...trust the "science"!!

[El Luchador]

In 1967 we were warned of world wide famine do to over population by the year 1975. The Malthusians told us that we needed to force sterilization on people. 

[Bigbrog]

1 minute ago, El Luchador said:

In 1967 we were warned of world wide famine do to over population by the year 1975. The Malthusians told us that we needed to force sterilization on people. 

And didn't China actually limit number of births...or you could only keep the male babies?  Maybe this still happens??

[El Luchador]

4 minutes ago, Bigbrog said:

And didn't China actually limit number of births...or you could only keep the male babies?  Maybe this still happens??

They have very recently reversed their child limits, during their pandemic if I remember right. That had people speculating that their death toll was far worse than they were telling us.

[El Luchador]

In 1988 we were told that in 30 years the Island of Maldives would be completely underwater and by 1992 would be out of fresh water. Instead 120 luxury beach condos were built on the waterfront. Maybe someone was just trying to run down real-estate prices. 

[Plasmodium]

In 2017 we were told there is a satanic cabal taking over the world.  They told us they use fetus flesh as a pizza topping in Georgetown.  Sitting members of Congress believe it.

[El Luchador]

25 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

In 2017 we were told there is a satanic cabal taking over the world.  They told us they use fetus flesh as a pizza topping in Georgetown.  Sitting members of Congress believe it.

That one's to soon to dismiss. Unlike these other scientific predictions it hasn't been disproven. Are you saying no one ever has had baby bits on their pizza? Why did Russia find it necessary to undertake an ad campaign telling their people to not eat their children. Are you saying Russians don't eat pizza? 

[Plasmodium]

1 hour ago, El Luchador said:

In 1970 we were told of the impending ice age do to pollution,  solution: socialism. 

In 1958 we were warned of the melting ice caps and the impending destruction associated with it.  The ice was 7 feet thick on average and at the predicted rate of melting the children of that generation would see the complete loss of the polar ice cap. Today we still have 7 feet of ice.

I live in Denver, the brown cloud ain't what it used to be.  Thanks to socialism and govern regulation.

Sure, somewhere there is ice 7 feet thick.  Vague enough to be true.

[El Luchador]

5 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

I live in Denver, the brown cloud ain't what it used to be.  Thanks to socialism and govern regulation.

Sure, somewhere there is ice 7 feet thick.  Vague enough to be true.

The ice they predicted would be melted is exactly the same as it was. Not somewhere but exactly where they were claiming it would be gone.

[Plasmodium]

1 minute ago, El Luchador said:

The ice they predicted would be melted is exactly the same as it was. Not somewhere but exactly where they were claiming it would be gone.

Polar ice melting is a fantasy?

[El Luchador]

Just now, Plasmodium said:

Polar ice melting is a fantasy?

Nothing more than cyclical changes.  The arrogance that goes with thinking you can control the wolds weather is beyond obnoxious. We are slightly more of a factor than  single cell organisms and insects. 

[Plasmodium]

1 minute ago, El Luchador said:

Nothing more than cyclical changes.  The arrogance that goes with thinking you can control the wolds weather is beyond obnoxious. We are slightly more of a factor than  single cell organisms and insects. 

Ever see an anthill or wasp nest? They are just insects, but they change their environment.  We live all over the world.  We pump dozens of millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each and every year.  We do change our environment.  We don't control the weather, that is the bad part.

[El Luchador]

Just now, Plasmodium said:

Ever see an anthill or wasp nest? They are just insects, but they change their environment.  We live all over the world.  We pump dozens of millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each and every year.  We do change our environment.  We don't control the weather, that is the bad part.

Small localized self correcting issues. Ants flourish until the aardvark shows up. When to many aardvark show up there ain't enough ants, then the aardvark move on or die. The ants make a comeback, cycle repeated. 

[Plasmodium]

Just now, El Luchador said:

Small localized self correcting issues. Ants flourish until the aardvark shows up. When to many aardvark show up there ain't enough ants, then the aardvark move on or die. The ants make a comeback, cycle repeated. 

They are no aardvarks to kill us, just pollution to slowly diminish our species' capacity.

[El Luchador]

2 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

They are no aardvarks to kill us, just pollution to slowly diminish our species' capacity.

Our air is cleaner than at any point in my life. Water too. 

[Plasmodium]

Just now, El Luchador said:

Our air is cleaner than at any point in my life. Water too. 

For particulates, metals and poisons.  Thanks to socialism.  Co2 is also pollution and there is helluva lot more of that around.

 

[El Luchador]

3 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

For particulates, metals and poisons.  Thanks to socialism.  Co2 is also pollution and there is helluva lot more of that around.

 

Except it isn't,  it accounts for the increased crop yields we need for a growing population. It's a necessary gas in the sustainability of life. 

[Plasmodium]

1 minute ago, El Luchador said:

Except it isn't,  it accounts for the increased crop yields we need for a growing population. It's a necessary gas in the sustainability of life. 

If you like greenhouse gasses, now is a great time to be alive!

[El Luchador]

Yes the world is a greenhouse,  so greenhouse gasses are good.

[Plasmodium]

26 minutes ago, El Luchador said:

Yes the world is a greenhouse,  so greenhouse gasses are good.

More is better, so long as you don't like naturally occurring ice.

[El Luchador]

If we accept the fact that the entire world was covered with ice and now isn't,  then possibly it  is naturally occurring.  

[Plasmodium]

It certainly isn't.

We aren't going to go extinct.  We may or may not be around to see what effect climate change has on our children and grandchildren.

[LJB]

7 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

It certainly isn't.

We aren't going to go extinct.  We may or may not be around to see what effect climate change has on our children and grandchildren.

are you seriously saying this planet never went through climate change previous to the hairless monkeys?

[El Luchador]

In 2007 a NASA scientist was sited by the Associated Press as claiming the Arctic ocean would be ice free by the summer 2012. So aside from the boy who cried wolf I can think of no issue to be more skeptical of based on the accuracy of the science. 

I was also assured as a young school boy in the 70s that the world would be out of fossil fuels by the end of the century.  I'm beginning to think that there may possibly be a secondary agenda with the doms day predictions. Needless to say 40 years of being wrong seems to not be a factor for leftists.