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July 19, 1909- Titusville Herald: Oil and Gas will eventually be exhausted in 25 to 30 years based on predictions made by US Geological Surveyhttps://www.scribd.com/document/16415562/1909-July-19-Titusville-Herald-Titusville-PA-Article
October 23, 1919- Oil and Gas News: Dr. Van H. Manning writes that the United States will reach maximum oil production in two to five years.
March 9, 1937-Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Capt. H. A. Stuart, director of the naval petroleum reserves, tells the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that the US oil supply will last only about 15 years.
June 7, 1943-Bradford Evening Star: Peak Oil has been Reached! "There is a growing opinion that the United States has reached its peak oil production, the Oil and Gas Journal pointed out in its current issue..." https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/76700239/
December 10, 1945- Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio): Just 13 years left of US Oil Reserves. Same month, first attempt to retrieve oil from depths of Atlantic Ocean made off Cape Hatteras, NC
March 9, 1957- Corpus Christi Times: 10 to 15 years until peak oil- "M. King Hubbert of the Shell Development Co. predicted [one year ago] that peak oil production would be reached in the next 10 to 15 years and after that would gradually decline."
![March 9, 1957- Corpus Christi Times: 10 to 15 years until peak oil- "M. King Hubbert of the Shell Development Co. predicted [one year ago] that peak oil production would be reached in the next 10 to 15 years and after that would gradually decline."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJMqYpxVAAAk2e2.jpg "March 9, 1957- Corpus Christi Times: 10 to 15 years until peak oil- \"M. King Hubbert of the Shell Development Co. predicted [one year ago] that peak oil production would be reached in the next 10 to 15 years and after that would gradually decline.\"")
August 3, 1966- Brandon Sun (Brandon, Manitoba): Gone In 10 Years- "A geologist stuck a figurative dipstick into the United States' oil supplies Tuesday and estimated that the country may be dry in 10 years." https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/67086773/
November 7, 1967- The Salt Lake Tribune: ”Dire famine by 1975”
1968: Paul R. Ehrlich- The Population Bomb- Overpopulation will spread Worldwide!
August 10, 1969- The New York Times prints this statement from Paul R. Ehrlich- “We must realize that unless we are extremely lucky, everyone will disappear in a cloud of blue steam in 20 years.”
April 16, 1970- The Boston Globe: Ice Age by 2000- Pollution ”expert” James P Lodge Jr, scientist at the Nat. Ctr. for Atmospheric Research in Boulder CO, predicts pollution will BLOCK OUT THE SUN causing a new ice age. Oh and we'd boil up all our rivers generating electricity.
October 6, 1970- Redlands Daily Facts: Dr. Paul Ehrlich predicts oceans will be as dead as Lake Erie in less than a decade. And America will be subject to water rationing by 1974- food rationing by 1980.
July 9, 1971- Washington Post: New Ice Age Coming within 50 Years- Dr. A. I. Rasool, Nat. Aeronautics and Space Admin, claims ”fine dust” from burning fossil fuels will block out the sun.
May 1972- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: US Oil Depleted in 20 Years- "At any rate, US oil supplies will last only 20 years. Foreign supplies will last 40 or 50 years, but are increasingly dependent upon world politics." https://books.google.com/books/about/Bulletin_of_the_Atomic_Scientists.html?id=pwsAAAAAMBAJ
December 3, 1972- Letter to President Nixon: New Ice Age by 2070- Geologists George J. Kukla and R. K. Matthews summarize the conclusions from a recent scientific conference.
January 29 1974- The Guardian: New Ice Age Coming Fast
June 24, 1974- TIME: ”Another Ice Age?” George J. Kukla shows up again.
1974- Congressional Testimony from Professor T. M. Donahue, University of Michigan: Great Peril to Life, use of freon eating a hole in the Earth's ozone.
July 18, 1976- New York Times Book Review of ”The Genesis Strategy” by Stephen Schneider, details abnormal COOLING trends leading to great famine.
1977- US Department of Energy Organisation Act: Peak Oil by Early 90’s- "We must recognise that world oil production will likely peak in the early 1990's, and from that point on will be on a declining curve." https://books.google.com/books/about/Department_of_Energy_Organization_Act.html?id=s9IeQXiuJDsC
January 5, 1978- New York Times reports ’No End in Sight’ to 30 yr. Cooling Trend and yet NASA satellite data shows a slight warming trend since 1979
April 9, 1980- Noblesville Ledger: Acid Rain Kills Life in Lakes10 yrs later Sept. 6, 1990- Associated Press: US Government study concludes Acid Rain No Environmental Crisis
October 17, 1980- Syracuse Post Standard (Syracuse, NY): Physicist Dr. Hans Bethe said the world will reach its peak oil production before the year 2000.
June 24, 1988- The Miami News: James Hansen forecasts regional drought in 1990’s, yet the last really dry year in the Midwest was 1988.
September 26, 1988- The Canberra Times, Agence France Press: Maldives Completely Underwater in 30 years.
December 12, 1988- Lansing State Journal, Gannett: Washington D.C. will have 35-85 days of temperatures over 90 F but DC hot days peaked in 1911.
