WSJ did a piece on Earth Day http://www.opinionjournal.com/we...c/? id=110008277

A partial summary of it:
In the 1970s, environmentalists claimed that by now we would be seeing mass starvation, overpopulation, and global cooling among all things.

Definitely not a good thing for science or for various causes when science is misused to further an agenda and later we find out it was all wrong. How can I believe the new cries of "Global warming!" when first of all the data is really not there and second, 30 yrs ago it was "Global cooling; we're all going to die!"
Anna Venger | Homepage | 05.27.06 - 4:34 pm | #

Has anyone seen the moive Solvent Green ? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/
We'll never run out of food!
Kilroy Was Here | 05.28.06 - 7:36 pm | #

"Solvent Green"? What, did the stuff dissolve humans or what, Kilroy?

It's "Soylent Green." A true sci-fi classic whose premise features two disaster scenarios, one currently hotly debated (global warming) and the other pretty much debunked (massive overpopulation).
Hube | Homepage | 05.29.06 - 9:53 am | #

"What, did the stuff dissolve humans or what, Kilroy?"

To control the population trash trucks would drive down the middle of street and scoop people up and take them to a factory where they cook them down. Green waffers were the end product and main food source for the population.

I think if we were evet to get that desperate we start eating the legislators.
Kilroy Was Here | 05.29.06 - 6:59 pm | #

I'm very aware of what happened in the movie. I've seen it probably over 15 times. Like I said, it's a classic. I was just cracking up at the "Solvent," that's all.
Hube | Homepage | 05.29.06 - 8:20 pm | #