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PopulationAugust 05, 2007
There are 6 billion people living in the world today. 6 billion. My intermediate family contains just 6 of those 6 billion people. In the old days, let’s say back around 1950 and 1960, the average American household most likely included 4 people: a mom, a dad, and two children. It would be a reasonable assumption to say that the average American family contains 6 people at the minimum! So if you’re some mathematical genius, the approximate statistic I provided is not too far fetched. Add two more people to the average household number multiplied by some common variable and “VOILA!” You’ll get 6 billion people. Now the question is: what are all these logistics leading up to? What’s the main point I’m trying to get at? The number of people co- existing with one another is increasing daily. The space available on Earth is remaining constant. Let’s get straight to the point. You’re taking up my valuable space on Earth to live and something must be done. Act now or pay later!
You’re probably saying to yourself, “the world is so big, how can there possibly be any problem that has to do with the amount of room we have?” There are many answers to your question, my friend. An increased amount of people means the Earth still has to maintain our resources. The most important not being renewable! So as the number of people grow and the size of the earth remains the same, we are slowly (but surely) running out of room. You know as well as I do that in this day and age, one must be the “fittest” as Darwin claimed. “Dog eat dog” is now being turned into “Girl devours whomever,” and I’m going to be just as selfish as the next girl, if not more.
An internet site I came upon claimed that Earth will expire in 2050. Uh-oh, another doom date. Didn’t they claim that earth would disintegrate in 2000? The reality of the situation is if the amount of people born remains exponential and the death rate either decreases or remains constant, we should most definitely be prepared to be doomed. I mentioned resources earlier. Water and food being the utmost important. The growth and production of food has been problematic since forever. People starve because the number of people living is not proportioned to the amount of food produced. So double the number of people living now (6 billion) by 2050 (36 billion) and the amount of food stays the same. Wow! Big problem.
Now that every one reading this has been scared, the question now remains, “how do we solve this?” To give you one certain answer would be fallacious. There are many things a person can do to save themselves. The number of offsprings produced depends on you. Limit the amount of juniors you plan on having. Also, pass the word around. Conserve your water, conserve your energy, conserve your eggs! Tell your friends that its either them, you, or me that has to give up their spot on earth for someone else, and quite frankly, I’m not going out with a fight
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