The left is like the boy who cried wolf and Chicken Little. We need the Green New Deal because the world will end in 12 years if we don’t do something, they cry.
Fox News carries this post by Maxim Lott which details 10 (actually only 9, no. 5 was skipped in the article–I’ll post an update if the article is corrected) instances where the experts predicted the world would end by a date certain. Last time I checked, we are still here. Here is a list (read the article for details):
1.– GLOBAL WARMING TO WIPE NATIONS “OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH” IF CLIMATE CHANGE NOT ADDRESSED BY YEAR 2000
2.– MASS STARVATION BY 1975
3.– GLOBAL FREEZING AS DANGEROUS AS NUCLEAR WAR
4.– MASSIVE WARMING BY THE YEAR 2000
5.– SKIPPED
6.– AL GORE SAYS 10 YEARS ARE LEFT IN 2006
7.– ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE WILL CAUSE “NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST” BY THE YEAR 2000
8.– MASS EXTINCTION BY 1995
9.– METALS DEPLETED BY 1990
10.– THE REAL REASON?