AP News reported a story today that we are depleting our resources and they are running out...?

Question

...What should we do about it? According to a World Wildlife Foundation report...We will need 2 (two) planet earth resources by 2050 - IN 44 YEARS!!!!! It said in 1960 there were 3 billion people, 46 years later, there are 6.6 billion people!! We can't sustain this, what are we going to do with 12 BILLION + in 44 years???? Please don't tell me how we will change this and that....20 years ago, all you heard were pollution stats...even with all the EPA changes, it is still out of hand.

OK then....they didn't say we had 6.6 Billion people in 1960....they said 3 Billion....it is a fact that we will double our population in less than 40 years...what then?

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Answer 1

Of course the simple answer is just to "not use as many resources." But by our human nature we will continually demand more, especially as more and more countries become industrialized.

Although not a rosy outlook, the most probable "fix" will be from mother nature herself. Just as in wildlife, insects, bacteria, or an other living creature mother nature has ways of balancing things out. If any one species begins to get over populated and the surroundings can not support them new predators or diseases are usually introduced in some form to limit the population and bring things back to equilibrium.

Since humans have no predators it is logical that it will be a disease/bacteria/virus that thins our population. Lets take a look at the black plague (or in general any of the numerous plagues or pandemics humanity has been struck with). It hit mostly urban areas, where the population density was very high, thus putting a very heavy strain on the environment. In total 75 million people died, putting nature back into better balance. The list goes on and on.

So as history always does it will repeat itself (avian flu, antibiotic resistance, and so on) as a balancing act. I'm not saying humanity will be wiped out, just put into check with the rest of our environment.

Answer 2

I question the assumptions and political motivations behind such a pronouncement. I recall dire predictions like that from the 1960s. I was in high school during the first annual Earth Day. They said the world running out of resources, pollution getting worse and so on. For example, people have predicted we would not have enough oil to meet demand within 5 years, and they have been saying that for 20 or 30 years now. I see no difference between those alarmist predictions and these new ones.

Answer 3

It turns out to me that the item was once editorial in nature. Reporting could have a piece of writing aspect to it or it may be readily real. In this example, the identify of the item permits you to realize in which it's going. If it by some means misled the reader with its opinion, implying it had been truth, I might be dissatisfied. I believe there may be exact motive to be worried after we aren't generating matters on this nation that we would possibly want within the occasion of an emergency. You do not paintings for a pharmaceutical enterprise over there do you Jim? I have learn a few of your earlier posts and knew you had been in China. I wasn't conscious that you're an english instructor. Hope you weren't angry by means of the query; I did not imply it that approach.

Answer 4

First of all, it's the World Wildlife FUND...(not Foundation.)

That should tell you something immediately.

Secondly, they are a politically motivated organization who exploit the concern most people have for the environment for the purposes of promoting a socialist political agenda.

Very little of what they claim is true and at best, they're guesses and opinions. They use no legitimate scientific process or statistical analysis to arrive at their pronouncements.

They despise capitalism and a free market economy. If you are concerned about the environment, you will be better served by disregarding them.

Answer 5

oh come on, not another one of these 'doomesday' posts, populations naturally adjust themselves based on the resources available to them, and as far as energy, we could have all our hearts desired if we would use nuclear power more often. Besides, 200 years ago that black stuff that came out of the ground was useless to everyone, now we've managed to make it one of the largest products in demand worldwide, so we're also finding new sources of energy. Not to mention our methods of farming produce much more food than methods of the past, and they're only going to keep getting better

Answer 6

Even though they have been saying it for years it is true...

I don't know what we can do on a large scale, but I think everyone should consume less, recycle as much as possible, carpool, and do other small things to improve our Earth. It is quite a shame that we throw so much away!

Answer 7

They've been saying that for years...

Answer 8

Who cares? I'll be dead in 40 years......