Ten climate predictions by famous people that didn't quite work out

Self-proclaimed "climate scientists" and government bureaucrats have a long and totally unsuccessful history of making catastrophic predictions about the environment.  The Mainstream Media never mention their failed predictions, for obvious reasons.  Here are 10 of the most egregious examples:

1) In 1970 S. Dillon Ripley, a wildlife conservationist who served as secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, warned that by 1995, 75 to 80 percent of all species on Earth would be extinct.  Say, how'd that work out?

2) In 1970 Kenneth Watt, a professor at University of California--Davis warned that by the year 2000 the Earth would be 11 degrees *colder.*  (Yes.  Back then the "experts" were predicting a "new ice age.")  And "there won't be any more crude oil," that "none of our land will be usable" for agriculture.  Wow, how'd that work out for ya?

3) In 1970, Stanford University prof Paul Ehrlich warned that in *just ten years* up to 200 million people would die each year from starvation due to overpopulation, and that life expectancy would plummet to 42 years!  Oh, and that all ocean life would perish.  Say, Paul, how'd that work out for ya?

4) In 1970 Peter Gunter, a professor at a hardly-able university that probably wishes it hadn't hired him, predicted that by the year 2000 "the entire world, with the exception of Western Europe, North America, and Australia, will be in famine" Say, Pete, how'd that work out for ya?

5) In 1971, Dr. S. I. Rasool, an expert in atmospheric science, working for NASA, predicted that a "new ice age" would arrive by 2021.  But now all the fan-boys and group-thinkers are bleating that the Earth is gonna die by Globull Worming.  Wonder what Rasool is thinking now, eh?

6) Earlier we noted a 1970 prediction by Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich that by 1980 200 million people would be dying *every year* from starvation.  But by 1975 Erlich warned had learned to NOT make the arrival date of his predictions so close to the present, cuz too many people recalled 'em.  So this time he predicted that within 30 years, 90 percent of tropical rainforests and 50 percent of species would have disappeared, due to climate change.  This catastrophic prediction got him LOTS of headlines and interviews on TV.  As you may have noted, this prediction didn't prove any better than his 1970 ones.  Paul didn't really care, having published lots of books and gotten lot of fame for his earlier misses.

7) In 1988, Hussein Shihab, environmental affairs director of the Maldives, warned that his island nation would be completely underwater within 30 years.  This was a pitch for developed nations to give him millions to...uh...well, we're not sure, but doesn't matter.  If you don't recall how that prediction turned out, google "Maldives" to see.

8) If you think crazy predictions were limited to the 1970s, think again: In 2004 a Pentagon "report" screamed that by 2020 major European cities would be underwater, and that the U.K. Britain would be suffering from a "Siberian" climate.  So 30 years after the first "New Ice Age" prediction, they're back!  How's the climate in Europe?

9) The Warmies do learn: In 2008 ABC News hosted a two-hour climate-change special on TV, warning that in just seven year--by 2015--New York City *could* be underwater.  Switching from "will be" to "could be" is clever because at least you didn't assure people it "would" happen.  And of course NYC is still above water--at least as of today.

10) In 2009, former vice president Al Gore predicted that by 2014 there would be no ice in the Arctic Ocean during summer. Interestingly, the apparently insane Greta Thunberg said that would happen by 2022.  How'd that work out for both of ya?