Manhattan will be underwater
“Manhattan will be underwater by 2050.”
- Harry Smith
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The planet has a fever
“The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don’t say, ‘Well, I read a science-fiction novel that told me it’s not a problem.’ If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate that the baby is flame-retardant.”
- Al Gore
Global Warming is more worrisome than War
“[T]o me, the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war. We will have regional conflicts and use or force, but world conflicts I do not believe will happen any longer. But the environment, that is a creeping danger. I’m more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict.â€
- Hans Blix
Global Warming makes War look like Heaven
“This is an emergency . . . it’ll make world war look like heaven.â€
- John Edwards , 2007.
Man’s actions = fish extinction
“If we continue at the present rate, virtually all the species of fish in the ocean will be extinct in the next 50 years.â€
- Al Gore
Environment trumps everything else
“The central organizing principle of governments everywhere must be the environment.â€
- Al Gore , 1992.
Millions will starve in the 1970′s
“In the 1970s, the world will undergo famines – hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death.â€
- Paul Ehrlich , 1968.
$6 Gas, anyone?
“You’re also looking at a [global warming] solution here in Europe: smaller vehicles, more energy efficient, many which use diesel fuel which is more efficient. And the price of gas here is $6 a gallon to discourage guzzling. A lot of big ideas and innovations coming out of Europe.”
- Chris Cuomo , April 20, 2007.
By October 2006, New York is underwater?
“This new report on global warming, the most frightening yet. In Greenland and Alaska, scientists say, ice is melting at rates that could see many coastal cities- including Boston, Charleston and right here in New York City- completely under water by this October.”
- Michelle Kosinski , April 1, 2006.
WMD is Planet Earth
“Failing to warn the citizens of a looming weapon of mass destruction- and that’s what global warming is- in order to protect oil company profits, well, that fits for me the definition of treason.”
- Bill Maher , March 24, 2006.