IN the NEWS - Another Failed Green Prophecy Last Year

But the Lord just laughs,... Psalm 37:13 NIV

"On September 26, 2018, all 1,196 Maldives Islands will be under water, or so our environmentalist betters told us in 1988.

Here's the thing — the islands are actually getting bigger, and the climate alarmists have egg on their faces.
As for the dire prediction, it was first published on September 26, 1988. The brief report, sent by Agence France-Presse (AFP) and published in Australia's The Canberra Times, made a specific prediction.

"A gradual rise in average sea level is threatening to completely cover this Indian Ocean nation of 1196 small islands within the next 30 years, according to authorities," the report warned. "The environmental Affairs Director, Mr Hussein Shihab, said an estimated rise of 20 to 30 centimeters in the next 20 to 40 years could be 'catastrophic' for most of the islands, which were no more than a mere above sea level."

 

The prediction got even worse, however. "But the end of the Maldives and its 200,000 people could come sooner if drinking water supplies dry up by 1992, as predicted," the report stated.

"When it comes to the energy industry, one of the reasons it's constantly under attack by the Left is philosophical," Turner suggested. "They do not like private industry," due to their "quasi-socialist beliefs."

 

The problem is, socialism ruins the free market, and the energy industry in particular. "All socialist countries nationalize their energy industry," he noted. He pointed to Venezuela, which has the third largest oil reserves, but is plagued by gas shortages.

Similarly, "California imports about 30 percent of its electricity because it cannot meet its mandates of renewable electricity." The state imports energy from Oregon, "which burns coal." In such cases, "all you're doing is burning those fossil fuels somewhere else."

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