Video Year in Review: Hansen’s Predictions 30 Years Out. How Did He Do?

December 31, 2018

In 1988, Jim Hansen’s Senate Testimony shook my world. How did his predictions hold up?

Below, more on what scientists knew, and when.

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8 Responses to “Video Year in Review: Hansen’s Predictions 30 Years Out. How Did He Do?”

neilrieck Says:

December 31, 2018 at 12:30 pm
My wife and I enjoyed two old sci-fi movies this week. 1) “Soylent Green (1973)” 2) “When Worlds Collide (1951)”.

“Soylent Green” takes place in 2022 where over population and global warming have made life very difficult for the non-rich.

“When Worlds Collide” is instructive because some very rich people ridicule the warnings by scientists that a disaster is on the horizon. Smart people who heeded the warnings begin building a rescue ship (ark?). When it becomes apparent that the scientists were correct, the rich people fall all over themselves to buy a front row seat.

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- Sir Charles Says:
  
  December 31, 2018 at 5:53 pm
  Major climate events in 2018 made it a particularly grim year
  
  => Feeling Blue About Climate Change? You’re Not Alone.
  
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  - SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ Says:
    
    December 31, 2018 at 6:16 pm
    A very grim reality indeed should the trend continues!
    
    What depressing news it is on the first day of the New Year!
    
    For the New and Better Earth in 2019 and beyond we shall have a toast! And for the New Earth, I would like to celebrate it with my specially dedicated post at https://soundeagle.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/soundeagle-in-earth-day/
    
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    - Sir Charles Says:
      
      December 31, 2018 at 11:02 pm
      Toast is a good keyword…
      
      Earth’s Climate After 2030: Conditions Could Resemble Era 3 Million Years Ago, Scientists Predict
      
      White or brown bread?
      
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      - SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ Says:
        
        December 31, 2018 at 11:09 pm
        Brown, of course, for more and better health benefits, and for producing less wastage in the form of refined, processed food.
      - Sir Charles Says:
        
        January 1, 2019 at 4:39 am
        Has to be home made then 😉
Sir Charles Says:

December 31, 2018 at 5:43 pm
And this is what Jim Hansen said two years ago:

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Roger Walker Says:

December 31, 2018 at 7:11 pm
My last Facebook entry for 2018 was:

‘APPY NEW YEAR.

And this: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/31/advertising-academia-controlling-thoughts-universities?fbclid=IwAR2LZ_JVaSpoPTF3WweQFqaVrgVBuN3F7tseANhhDnBrlDp7Hafb2_3vLzI

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