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Do you have examples in particular of those long term predictions that haven't eventuated?
by taberiand 4y ago
Do you have examples in particular of those long term predictions that haven't eventuated?
- mahkeiro 4y agoThe one I remember for my country was that by year 2000 (prediction made in 1980s) half of the forest will be gone because of acid rain. I remember as a kid magazines with illustrations showing large dead forest everywhere. Lack of ozone layer was also supposed to kill most of the planet. Fortunately when the danger is identified people start to act, this make long term predictions very difficult.
- cokeandpepsi 4y ago
- labster 4y agoOnly in California.
- JaimeThompson 4y ago>half of the forest will be gone because of acid rain. The wide scale introduction of systems, required by laws and regulations, that drastically reduced the amount of sulfur byproducts released had a lot to do with that same thing regarding CFCs and the ozone layer.
- issa 4y agoI am 50 years old, a science fiction fan, and an amateur follower of actual science. Generally speaking, the sci-fi authors are the best at making predictions. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/23/lifetimes/asi-v-fair.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/23/l...