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Great moments in doomsday countdowns

Anthony Watts - Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 8:47

With Al Gore’s recent re-emergence from the dead with An Inconvenient Truth, Version 2.0, I find myself noting his website, The Climate Reality Project (formerly The Alliance for Climate Protection) countdown clock has a familiar look to it.

It has a simple 3 step plan, for those that have trouble with the more complex steps of choosing reality. I wonder though, if the folks at choose-reality.org are going to file a copyright lawsuit? But reality aside, compare Al’s new web page to these great moments in failure prediction :

The “Doomsday Clock”by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists – hasn’t been right yet.

http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/camping2bbillboard.jpg?w=300

End of the world, May 21st, 2011, now scheduled for Oct 21st due to “technical difficulties”


Not the end of the world, but just as relevant as Al Gore’s countdown

Get the app, just in case you can’t keep track:

No wonder we are starting to see stories like this one:

Warmers Go Harold Camping On Us

I gotta wonder about his ability to carry a tune though, when Al puts up stuff like this in the “About Us” page of his new project.

If it isn’t our fault, but our problem, then who’s fault is it? Oh, and that “And with your help” is code for “donate”.

And when you visit the donate page you get an address:

Want to donate by mail?

Write a check to “The Climate Reality Project” and send it to:
The Climate Reality Project
901 E Street NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC 20004, USA

Guess who else shares this address:

http://www.pewenvironment.org/about-us/contact-us/

Al Gore 2.0 – just as credible as any other pollster donations solicitor doomsayer.

Read the full article on Watts Up With That?




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