Over population is found in all walks of life, in peoples minds, anywhere from cats, to dogs, to humans themselves. The myth of over-population began thousands of years ago in ancient Greece among those wanting ultimate control over others. 2,800 years ago a wise Solomon once wrote, "In the multitude of people is the king's honor, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince" (Proverbs 14:28). Human over population has been on peoples minds greatly for the last 150 years or so. Starting in 1850 the world population was approx. 1 billion people. In 1999 we reached the 6 billion mark. At the rate the world will see a total projected population any where from 7.8 billion to 12.5 billion people by the year 2050. These figures are greatly astounding considering that it has jumped 600% within the last 150 years.
Between China and India each year add approx. 34 million people each, where there are approx. 2.6 million more people each year in the United States. Many people believe that the worlds resources will be depleted with all of the new life which is going to be introduced on to the earth. Every 20 minutes the world adds another 3,500 human lives but loses one or more species of animal or plant life - at least 27,000 species per year. This is a rate and scale of extinction that has not occurred in 65 million years. In the world only a very small portion of the population consumes the majority of the world's resources. The richest fifth consumes 86% of all goods and services and produces 53% or all carbon dioxide emissions, while the poorest fifth consumes 1.3% of goods and services and accounts for 3% of C02 output. Right now
Many peoples retaliation to the world population growing is that the places with the most poverty include those with the highest people per square mile (ppsm). Where in truth the places with the least amount of people are the ones with the highest...