Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.

Summary

This quote sarcastically references the belief in the 1970s that an impending Ice Age would cause severe consequences and result in the loss of millions of lives. The speaker argues that politicians at the time claimed to know the solution to the problem - to put coal dust on the Arctic - but lacked the courage to implement it. The quote suggests that this previous scientific prediction turned out to be incorrect, and criticizes the politicians for not taking the necessary action despite claiming to have a solution.