Some of the population predictions in the world are a scary notion indeed. In fact it is possible that humans will procreate past the ability to maintain the food resources they need to survive. It is estimated that by 2020 one half of the world will not have enough fresh water for proper hygiene or drinking. Today wars are fought over property rights and oil, but tomorrow it is said that we will live in a world having wars over nothing but water. What can we do? Well we must build more water treatment plants for our discharges and we must build better filtration plants and desalination plants to turn ocean water into drinking water for starters. But this of course is not all; as we need to be a conscientious effort to limit the run away procreation explosion going on today in our species. In many cultures the procreation is clearly out of control. If you look at Haiti and Africa you see cultures that judge a woman by how many living kids she haves and with infant mortality rates so high they have to have many kids to have a few that live. Additionally the Catholic Church has infiltrated many areas of the World and preaches not to use birth control and thus exacerbating the problem. In many nations which have strong or emerging middle classes we see birth rates slowing down which is a plus, but with Billions living on less than a dollar a day we see that their rates of population soar and the problem will just not go away. Think on this. |
