Apocalyptic

 You've probably heard the claim that "The world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change!" Politicians don't necessarily limit themselves to being accurate, certainly not any more than other people. 

 Apocalyptic climate predictions have always swirled around Earth Day (started in 1970). Author Paul Ehrlich (The Population Bomb, 1968) made one of the most famously inaccurate of them all:

"The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now."

His claims seemed plausible at the time. He was considered a "qualified scientist," often quoted and interviewed on television.

But that was 51 years ago. 

(cont'd tomorrow)