Part 3: Overpopulation in America and Around the World—The Human Predicament

By Frosty Wooldridge

Part 3: Overpopulation means each one of us contributes to the deaths of 10 million children annually and 8 million adults who die from starvation or starvation related diseases. What do we do about it?  How do we change the deadly fate of billions of humans in the 21^st century?

(The more human beings piled onto a finite planet, the more suffer displacement from the dinner plate. Results, more and more humans die of starvation and poverty.  Currently, 10 million children and 8 million adults die of starvation and starvation related diseases worldwide annually.)

Today, in the world, over four billion human beings do not eat enough nutrient-rich food to grow and maintain physical and intellectual health.  Around three billion humans live on $3.00  daily. Another one billion subsist on $1.00 per day.  An average of 10 million children starve to death and another eight million adults die annually from lack of food.  (Sources: Time Magazine, March 14, 2005, “How to End Poverty” and United Nations statistics on human starvation.)

At the same time, the richest two billion humans on the planet ravage the natural world for water, energy and resources at an ever-accelerating rate of speed.

Dr. Jack Alpert, Stanford University graduate, stresses human numbers colliding with carrying capacity on this finite planet.  Watch this 11-minute video for a sobering look at our choices.  www.Skil.org

http://www.skil.org/Qxtras_folder-2/overpopulationmeansImurder.html

Yes, terribly sobering!  Do we, as a cognitive species, act now, or do we wait until Mother Nature acts for us?

The green revolution was instigated as a result of the efforts of Norman Borlaug, who, while accepting the Nobel peace prize in 1970, said: “The green revolution has won a temporary success in man’s war against hunger and deprivation; it has given man a breathing space. If fully implemented, the revolution can provide sufficient food for sustenance during the next three decades. But the frightening power of human reproduction must also be curbed; otherwise the success of the green revolution will be ephemeral only.”

Dr. Alpert makes his plan simple:

My simple idea is that: 

       a) the resources that support us today will soon be greatly reduced. 

       b) this contraction of support means humans

        will have to live in a niche which  is 1/100th of its  

          present size.

No amount of reduced personal consumption.

No amount of redistribution.

No amount of technological efficiency.

No amount of careful handing of toxic waste.

Can reduce the human footprint by 99%.

As Dr. Alpert illustrates in his video, rich nations push more poor people from poor nations off the dinner plate.  The more we consume, the more we cause the death of millions who suffer displacement from the table.  The more of us at the table, the more of “them” get shoved off and die.

At 7.3 billion in 2015 and a projected 10.1 billion within 35 years by 2050, something must give.  The more of us means more scarcity, which renders more violence and human suffering for all those trying to eat and drink.

Dr. Alpert points out that all the great demographic and environmental minds in the world today stress conservation of energy, water and resources—but none speak about population stabilization and gradual decline—if the human species expects to survive the 21^st century, let alone all the other creatures on this planet.

This finite biosphere can only take so much abuse. It can only provide so much water and energy. It can only offer a limited amount of resources.  It can only feed a finite number of humans, let alone the rest of creatures on this planet.

We need to make decisions.  Start the discussion today with the knowledge that you learned in this series.  Push the discussion to the highest levels.

Help everyone you know understand America’s population predicament and take action to push it to the national stage.

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 few words, “Mind boggling!”  www.NumbersUSA.org

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

Most Americans, Canadians, Europeans or Australians along with their elected leaders—fail to understand their predicament: a self-inflected victimization-date with destiny.

What you can do to start a national discussion:

Write the following media programs to interview speakers on what we face if we add another 138 million people:  Many experts can speak on this demographic nightmare:  Dave Gardner at www.Growthbusters.org ; Dr. Jack Alpert at www.skil.org ; Bromwell Ault at [email protected] ; Former Governor Richard D. Lamm of Colorado; Roy Beck director a www.NumbersUSA.org , Mr. K.C. McAlpin at www.TheSocialContract.com ; Joanne Wideman www.CapsWeb.org ; Dan Stein www.Fairus.org ; David Paxson www.worldpopulationbalance.org ; Edward C. Hartman [email protected] .  Dr. Diana Hull, www.TheSocialContract.com 

Additionally, I will speak on any TV or radio show in the country with excellent articulation and acumen.  If not now, then who and when?

Charlie Rose:  [email protected]

Leslie Stahl or Steve Croft: [email protected]

Robert Siegel at Talk of the Nation: [email protected]

Matt Lauer at NBC Today Show: [email protected]

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Terri Gross at NPR

Radio: [email protected]

Megyn Kelley at Fox News

O’Reilly at Fox News

Steve Inskeep at NPR

Take action by joining for free:

America: www.CapsWeb.org ; www.NumbersUSA.org ; www.Fairus.org ;  www.carryingcapacity.org

Canada:  www.immigrationwatchcanada.org

United Kingdom:  www.populationmatters.org

Australia:  www.population.org.au  Sustainable Population Australia

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