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Overpopulation

“A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society.” ― [|__Edward Abbey__], [|__//Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast//__]. This quote makes sense because overpopulation will hurt us in the future. Overpopulation is not good for us.

Overpopulation is not good because over the past century the number of people on the planet has exploded. The accelerating growth rate will put on even greater strain on natural resources like water,food,and oil.In 1804,the human population was 1billion since the dawn of humankind,it had taken humans roughly 50,000 years to reach that number. Since then the population has taken off some people alive today have seen the population triple in their lifetime.

More land will be needed housing more land for crops,and more land for raising cattle. Large mammals often face yet another challenge over ex-population by humans either for meat or for body parts.Also many scientists believe that water has already caused regional conflicts. With in 78 million being added every year, or over 200,000 people every day.

Another thing is that many people are hungry. In 2010 their were 19 million people that were hungry.Many people have said that their food has been running out,and that they wont be as much as their was.They wont be many fresh water.In 2001 United Nations report says population growth is "the main force driving increases in agricultural demand" but "most recent expert assessments are cautiously optimistic about the ability of global food production to keep up with demand for the foreseeable future (that is to say, until approximately 2030 or 2050)", assuming declining population growth rates.Also the number of people over weight has surpassed the number who are undernourished.

However, the observed figures for 2007 show an actual increase in absolute numbers of undernourished people in the world, 923 million in 2007 versus 832 million in 1995.As the world population doubled from 3 billion to 6 billion,daily calorie consumption in poor countries increased from 1,932 to 2,650 and the percentage of people in those countries who need were malnourished feel from 45% to 18%.Also this suggest that third world,gain production increased by over 250%. Another reason is that the world population has grown by about four billion since the begging of the green revolution,and most believe that, without the revolution there would be greater famine,and malnutrition then the UN presently documents. Also we would have to make more jobs for people. One billion new jobs must be created over the next decade just to maintain current employment levels. If their is not enough places to live then people would just live on the streets.The world population is currently growing by approximately 74 million people per year.

Some people think that over population is not a problem. However they are wrong because what if we run out of space and they is no more room then where will they go?They would have to make more room but they eventually be no more room for them to built houses. Another reason i think they are wrong is because it won’t feed everyone.They would have to higher the prices and some people won’t be able to afford them. Also if they can’t make more room then how are they supposed to have jobs for the other people.Overpopulation is not good for us.

Overpopulation is not good for us because people will not have enough places to live,and also because people will go hungry because they won’t be able to buy their food because the prices will go up. We can all help it on having less babies so people will have a place to live and can buy food for their families.