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Originally Posted by BROOK
The real “population change” we need to focus on is not artificially reducing human numbers. Rather, it is about winning real democratic change, i.e. dramatically increasing the numbers of ordinary people who can participate in making decisions about investment in green industries, agriculture, global trade and military spending.
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What in the heck is "winning real democratic change", and how does that do a darn thing towards making our planet stable?
The biggest problem our earth has is unchecked overpopulation. I consider myself lucky to live in a country where the birth rate is no where near some other countries. United States has about 14.18 births per 1000 per year, we’re ranked 151 on a list of 221
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=25 What is chilling is to realize there are 3.8 times the number of people living in India as the U.S., and 4.3 times the number of people living in China as the U.S. There are 1.3 Billion people living in China!!
Want to know where people live? Check it out here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._by_population
I think the biggest problem facing our world is over-population.
In fifty years (50), our world went from 2.5 Billion, to 6.7 Billion, that is a 2.6 fold increase.
Think ahead. What does this mean for our grandchildren? What will it be like for them to be living 50 years from now? What will the world be like if the 6.7 Billion nearly triples to 15 Billion? Can you even image what problems our planet would face with 15 Billion living on it? Where would enough food be grown? Where would there be enough natural resources? Clean Water. Forests for wood. Agriculture land for growing food. Look what is projected for our supply of minerals:
http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/24/ho...esources-last/
http://www.cavemanforecaster.com/200...depletion.html
Where will we have enough DUMP sites to put our garbage???
If you’re thinking “oh, we’ll stop this increase before we get to 50 years in the future”… think again. Where is there one piece of evidence we have stopped any of this world’s growth in the past 50 years?
The crisis’s we’re facing today are because not enough of us are concerned about too high of a birth rate.
Much of everything else we worry about pales in comparison to what problems are occurring because of increasing population.
Count me at the front of the line to sign that petition!
This YouTube gives a real easy to understand explanation of what our increasing population trend is doing to us:
The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See