Why We Cannot Continue Exploding The US Population Toward 438 Million

By Frosty Wooldridge

Present U.S. population: 315 million.  Projected in 38 years by 2050: 438 million.  Environmental, social, quality of life and standard of living expected in 2050: degraded, dismal, and unfortunate for countless millions of Americans.

A BATR reader responded to one of my environmental-population pieces by saying that if we conserved more water  and energy, and utilized our land more equitably, population wouldn’t be a problem.  In other words, he advocates for more and more people living on less and less. But never mind the species extinction rates,  water shortages, air pollution, energy depletion, carbon footprint and ecological footprint facing our growing numbers. It’s amazing how people overlook the details. He’s one of my readers at Breaking All the Rules. He lacks the ability to think critically.  www.batr.com

Another vacant intellectual is Steven Mosher of www.populationresearchinstitute.orgwho advocates for unlimited population growth.  Somehow, he gains interviews on major television shows as an expert. He rails against China’s one child per family policy as if they could afford another billion people on top of their already 1.3 billion human overload.  His mission statement is:“The Population Research Institute is a non-profit research group whose goals are to expose the myth of overpopulation, to expose human rights abuses committed in population control programs, and to make the case that people are the world’s greatest resource.”

The man lacks the ability to think rationally in an already environmentally devastated, energy deficient, scarce water and overloaded world of the human species.  Every single environmental, resource, water and energy crisis facing humanity in the 21^st century stems from human overpopulation.  Mosher is the kind of man that jumps into the ring with 100 raging, angry and hungry tigers, and thinks he can survive.  Darwin described humans like Mosher as the survival of the toughest: in this case, the tigers eat him and his stupidities.  In the case of the human species on this overpopulated planet: Mother Nature kills without conscience and she always bats last.

At this point in 2012, America houses 315 million people on its way to adding another 85 million by 2035 and 138 million to reach 438 million by 2050.  (Sources: US Population Projections by Fogel/Martin, PEW Hispanic Center, US Census Bureau)

Here’s why we won’t make it with any kind of human dignity, quality of life and reasonable standard of living:

Check out www.populationpress.orgspring 2012 issue by president Marilyn Hempel.  She brings the finest minds into the discussion.

Author Juliet Eilperin said, “In Peru, fishing vessels haul 7.5 million tons of small fish out of the water every year. The Peruvian seabird population that used to number in the tens of millions has dropped to two million.”

Robert Engelman of www.worldwatchinstitute.orgnoted, “When you have China out roaming the seas looking for anything they can get for their population of 1.3 billion (and growing by 8 million annually, net gain on their way to 1.5 billion in 38 years), that’s increasingly affecting any local resources anywhere in the world.”

“If you look around the world, water quality is deteriorating, and water quantity is declining,” said Ned Breslin of Water for People. 

To support his claims, China and India’s waterways run in sewage as thousands of cities pour raw sewage into the Ganges and Yangtze  rivers. Over 1,000 Indian children die of dysentery and diarrhea every day of the year. Those rivers create 10,000 to 20,000 square mile dead zones as they empty into the sea. (Source: www.populationmedia.org) 

What I find fascinating stems from the fact that reporters like NBC’s Ann Thompson will report on March 2012 being  overwhelmed with the hottest days on record, but she never made one mention of human overpopulation causing climate destabilization and warming.  Diane Sawyer smiled when humans hit 7 billion last October.  Brian Williams yawned as he announced we reached the 7 billion mark.   I screamed at my TV set in rage and despair.

Babatunde Osotimehin, director of the U.N. Population Fund, said, “People can’t talk about the environment without talking about population.”

How about global climate destabilization?  Let’s talk about humans burning of 84 million barrels of oil daily.  Let’s talk about the US burning 2.2 billion tons of coal annually.  You don’t think that’s going to make an impact on our biosphere?  Think again.

“Even without incorporating such climate feedback, models show that continued reliance on fossil fuels could raise the global temperature by up to 7 degrees Celsius by the end of this century,” said Janet Larsen, environmental reporter. 

Richard Heinberg wrote Peak Everything: Facing a Century of Declines. He said, “We have reached peak everything as to resources and because economic growth depends on natural resources and the Earth’s ability to process our wastes, this growth simply cannot continue.”

We face the end of growth one way or the other. We choose to stabilize or Mother Nature will most certainly do it for us, rather brutally. Instead of endless economic growth, we must move toward Steady State Economics as proposed by Dr. Brian Czech at www.steadystate.org.

Africa, India, China and America form the most deadly population growth in the 21^st century.  Africa will grow from nearly 1 billion today to 2.4 billion within 88 years.  Do any of the animal species in Africa stand a chance against such ravenous human onslaught?

Back in America, can California support its projected 20 million additional humans within 30 years?   How about Florida, Arizona and Colorado doubling their populations?  Anyone excited about that?

The United States represents a 5’10” 400 pound obese guy endlessly eating more ice cream to reach 500 pounds. He suffers clogged arteries ( much like our cities’ gridlocked traffic), he can hardly walk and he’s suffering from diabetes.  He keeps eating because he doesn’t have a plan for living.  The United States continues its obesity-growth path without a plan, either.  Ultimately, this civilization will collapse whether we like it or not, plan for it or not, understand it or not.

What can you do to change the course of history?  Join these website organizations to form a collective voice on overpopulation in America and worldwide: www.PopulationPress.org, www.NumbersUSA.or, www.CapsWeb.org, www.PopulationMedia.org, www.WorldPopulationBalance.org, www.WorldWatch.org, www.CarbonInstitute.org, www.howmany.org, www.PopulationMatters.org.

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In a five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video, “Immigration, Poverty, and Gum Balls”, Roy Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates the impact of overpopulation.  Take five minutes to see for yourself:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE&feature=player_embedded

“Immigration by the numbers—off the chart”by Roy Beck

This 10 minute demonstration shows Americans the results of unending mass immigration on the quality of life and sustainability for future generations: in a word “Mind boggling!”  www.NumbersUSA.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ

This is the best website to start:  www.numbersusa.org; watch Roy Beck’s “Immigration by the Numbers” at 14 minutes. Bi-partisan and very effective. Become a faxer of pre-written letters to your reps to make positive  change.

Visit www.TheSocialContract.comfor the best information on what we face as a civilization as to overpopulation, energy, immigration and much more.

Canada www.immigrationwatchcanada.org; in Australia www.population.org.auand[email protected]; in Great Britain www.populationmatters.org; and dozens of other sites accessed at www.frostywooldridge.com.   In Florida, www.flimen.org.

Must see DVD: “Blind Spot” www.snagfilms.com/films/title/blind_spot/, This movie illustrates America’s future without oil, water and other resources to keep this civilization functioning. It’s a brilliant educational movie! www.blindspotdoc.com

Must see: Rapid Population Decline, seven minute video by Dr. Jack Alpert-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTWduFB_RX0

Must see and funny: www.growthbusters.org; www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXSTrW_dARc
Dave Gardner’s Polar Bear in Bedroom:

growthbusters.org/2010/03/save-the-polar-bear-in-your-bedroom; Dave Gardner, President, Citizen-Powered Media ; Producing the Documentary, GROWTH BUSTERS; presents Hooked on Growth: Our Misguided Quest for Prosperity, Join the cause at www.growthbusters.org ;760 Wycliffe Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 USA; +1 719-576-5565

Check out this link with Wooldridge on bicycle and Lester Brown and panel discussion:

www.upnorthmedia.org/watchupnorthtv.asp?SDBFid=1631

Tomorrow’s Americaproject on www.youtube.com/contemporarylearning.

Producer: GEORGE A. COLBURNwww.tomorrowsamerica.com

DC: 202-258-4887

Email: [email protected]

Link to www.tomorrowsamerica.comfor more discussions on America’s predicament.

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Frosty Wooldridge has bicycled across six continents – from the Arctic to the South Pole – as well as six times across the USA, coast to coast and border to border. In 2005, he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. His latest book is: How to Live a Life of Adventure: The Art of Exploring the World by Frosty Wooldridge, copies at 1 888 280 7715/ Motivational program: How to Live a Life of Adventure: The Art of Exploring the World by Frosty Wooldridge, click: http://www.HowToLiveALifeOfAdventure.com