sounding a desperate alarm about the coming ice age and global cooling. one prominent ecologist stated if b the present trends contine the world will be about 4 degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990. but 11 degrees colder in the year 2000. this. is about twice what it would take to put us into that ice age. harvard biologist george wald claiming civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against the problems facing mankind. ss and, of course, the media mob echoing the scientific community s panic. 1974, take a look. time magazine wondering if another ice age is on the way. 1975, o newsweek dedicated a massive report to the cooling world. of course, there was no ice age in the 90s, civilization did not end. in fact, the exact opposite happened. worldwide population ballooned, life expectancy increased, the standard of living around the globe, especially here, improved