An inconvenient commentary: 5 times Al Gore's climate alarmists made horribly wrong predictions
Climate-change alarmist Al Gore’s newest fear-mongering film, “An Inconvenient Sequel,” arrived in select movie theaters over the weekend. Unsurprisingly, the film is full of dire warnings about the future of mankind and its allegedly dangerous use of fossil fuels. However, before you trade in your car for a bicycle or your steak for insects, consider that for nearly 50 years, climate alarmists have been desperately trying and failing to predict the downfall of human civilization. Special: There’s an imminent commodity shortage no one is talking about Here are just five examples of the many times climate alarmists gazed into their crystal balls and ended up looking more than a little foolish. 1. New York Times: Polar explorer predicts end of ice at the North Pole (1969) Way back before Leonardo DiCaprio, the rise of Gore and the rampant politicization of climate science, polar explorer Col. Bernt Balchen was convinced the North Pole would melt by as early as 1