The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!

Ah Earth Day. I hope you all celebrated it by going out and rolling on the lawn or taking a dust bath. This ancient celebration circa 1970 or so normally consists of Great Scientists solemnly assuring us that unless we do _____ immediately we will all die from _______ by _______. Take Paul Ehrlich, the Greatest Scientist of all who in 1970 said with a straight face:

"... between 1980 and 1989, some 4 billion people, including 65 million Americans, would perish in the “Great Die-Off.”

Hmm, must have  missed that one. Oh and then there was the New Ice Age, Choking Smog, the Mega Ocean Die-off, and the Deadly Flatulence Cloud. Only kidding about the last one. Read the linked article for all the other Great Disasters almost upon us predicted by the Great Scientists over the years. It was junk science then and it's junk science now. The "Sky-is-falling!" number is really, really tiresome. 

We may yet do ourselves in but it is much more likely to be via nuclear or biological weapons than Mother Earth having a hissy fit. So don't litter, don't spill oil in the water and be a good steward of what God had given us - enjoy the creation around you but don't shrink under the covers from all the doom and gloom predicted by false environmental prophets. 

www.aei.org/publication/18-spectacularly-wrong-apocalyptic-predictions-made-around-the-time-of-the-first-earth-day-in-1970-expect-more-this-year-2/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=perry18earthday