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WRITTEN BY BECKET ADAMS ON MAR 27, 2023. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS

Inventing The Apocalypse: Climate Doomsday Predictions Haven’t Aged Well

earth burning fireWe have been told nearly every year for the past 50-plus years that we have only ten years to live. If you figure that one out, you’re good, as Groucho Marx would say.

On March 20, the New York Times greeted readers with yet another startling announcement.

“Breaking News,” the paper pronounced, “Earth is likely to cross a critical global warming threshold within the next decade unless drastic changes are made.” [emphasis, links added]


“It is still possible,” the New York Times continued, citing a major new U.N. report, “to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars, and big changes.”

https://climatechangedispatch.com/inventing-the-apocalypse-climate-doomsday-predictions-havent-aged-well/
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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