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by overallduka 1933 days ago
It's not first time the experts make mistakes in their catastrophic predictions:

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/50-years-of-failed-doomsday-e...

And let's not forget our dear Al-Gore saying the ice on the artic would be vanished by 2014 :)

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Hmm, for long distance prediction it might be wrong, but for short term predictions, everything seems to get worse. Microplastics, trash in the ocean, warmer ocean, bees dying, etc.
Looks like Gore didn’t quite understand what he thought he was quoting when he said that: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/12/al_gore_trip...
Oh look, AEI cherry picking.