Quotes/Climate/Deadlines
Malthusian Watermelons (Green on the outside, Red on the inside), have given us many, many deadlines for when the world would end if we didn't "do something". We didn't, the dates past, and nothing bad happened. And yet, some still listen to them or their ilk.
❝ ...we are now given not 10 years to save the rainforests, but in many cases five years. Madagascar will largely be gone in five years unless something happens. ❞
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~ ABC ℹ️
The Miracle Planet - April 22, 1990
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❝ The planet could face an “ecological and agricultural catastrophe” by the next decade if global warming trends continue. ❞
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~ Carl Sagan – Buffalo News ℹ️
Oct. 15, 1990
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❝ ...within a decade, the disease (Malaria) will be common again on the Spanish coast. The effects of global warming are coming home to roost in the developed world. ❞
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~ The Guardian ℹ️
September 11, 1999
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❝ NOAA announced its predictions for the 2006 hurricane season: 13-16 named storms, 4 hurricanes of Cat-3 or above, double the yearly average. (It was a below-average year) ❞
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❝ Environmental refugees to top 50 million in 5 years... ❞
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~ United Nations News Release ℹ️
UNU-EHS Director Janos Bogardi (2005)
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❝ Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind. We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation. ❞
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~ Washington University ℹ️
Earth Day 1970
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