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February 21, 2011 at 10:02 AM
maxwell edison

Same old story, different decade

by maxwell edison . Updated 15 years, 4 months ago

Today:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110220/ts_afp/scienceuspopulationfood

1984:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921723,00.html

1968:

[i]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. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate….[/i]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb

I could go on, and on, and on, and on?????????

Whether it’s a population explosion that will doom the world, or massive famine, or global warming, or global cooling, or climate change, or ……….. when will these people stop making headlines with their fear mongering and doom and gloom predictions?

Am I the only one who’s absolutely sick and tired of them?

But then again, I don’t know who’s worse. Those why cry wolf, or those who believe them?

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