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CONNECTING THE DOTS
Frosty Wooldridge
More About: EnvironmentPART 5: WHAT CONSTITUTES OVERPOPULATION IN AMERICA? TWO MAJOR IDENTIFIERS
"Which
is the greater danger - nuclear warfare or the population explosion? The latter
absolutely!” said famed writer Isaac Asimov.
“To bring about nuclear war, someone has to DO something; someone has to
press a button. To bring about destruction by overcrowding, mass starvation,
anarchy, the destruction of our most cherished values—there is no need to do
anything. We need only do nothing except what comes naturally—and breed. And
how easy it is to do nothing."
Asimov
followed up with a penetrating reality check brought about by overpopulation: “...democracy cannot survive
overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot
survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life
not only declines, it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies. The more
people there are, the less one individual matters,” said Asimov.
At
America’s current rate of population growth, it will double from 310 million to
600 million within the lifetime of a child born today. While Americans remain
smug about their ‘tiny’ population of 310 million in 2010, they live daily
without any comprehension of calamities of growth as experienced in much of the
world. Few Americans would opt to move
to China, India or Bangladesh to live in such diminished quality of life
conditions, but the majority contends that ‘growth’ can go on forever. Americans cannot grasp that China hit 300
million in the last century, but today, they suffer what they did to themselves
at 1.3 billion. Yet, Americans follow
the same slippery slope—even as they read about the consequences in other
overloaded countries.
As this series advances with
exacting scientific foundational research, you may hear cries from 17th
century-thinking “the Earth is flat” American stalwarts that contend the United
States does not suffer any overpopulation problems. They cry out, “We’ve got endless space,
unlimited water, enough gasoline for another 200 years and plenty of resources.” Thus, they refuse, like a stubborn 6th
grader, to incorporate “carrying capacity”, Peak Oil, Peak Water and the “Exponential
Equation.” Instead, they rely on
emotions and scenarios from the past.
Their inability to
understand and assimilate the harsher realities facing this civilization,
unfortunately, find sympathizing citizens in the same boat of denial. Therefore, let’s focus on two major identifiers
facing America in the coming decade as we add another 35 million people by 2020. And the decade after that, another 35 million
people, and so on to reach 100 million by 2035—and on toward 600 million.
WATER LIMITS IN THE
USA
“Crisis feared as U.S. water supplies dry up: Government projects at least 36 states will face
shortages within five years.” Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21494919/
A recent report by the world
Economic Forum warns that half the world’s population will be affected by water
shortages within 20 years. Why? The human race adds 1.0 billion every 13
years. Researchers say those
unsustainable conditions equal “water bankruptcy” that could cause crop failures, which in
turn, cause millions to face starvation.
Today in 2010, 18 million humans starve to death annually
worldwide.
But, as 20th
century-thinking troglodytes contend, the U.S. enjoys an endless supply of
water. Except, today, in California, they already process toilet water to tap
water. Farmers cannot continue
irrigation of crops because of exhausted aquifers. The Ogallala aquifer, that irrigates the
mid-section of America, suffers enormous depletion with very little recharging
to replenish itself. It will run out at
some point. Arizona, Georgia and Florida suffer water shortages. No amount of
conservation can save Florida as it races from 18 million to 36 million
additional people, or Georgia at 8.2 million headed toward 16.4 million in four
decades.
Obviously,
those that claim America does not suffer a water shortage predicament either
think like the 17th century Pope who banished Galileo for having the
audacity to assert, “My research shows unequivocally that the Earth revolves
around the sun.”
“That just
can’t be,” cried the Pope. “I’m the Pope
and I decree the Earth is the center of the universe!”
In the 20th
century, human population increased fourfold, while our use of freshwater
increased nine times. Already, California finds itself included in the UN Water
Development Report as a “high water stress” area in 2010. Can you imagine when California reaches its
predicted additional 20 million people within 30 years?
PEAK
OIL BEARING DOWN ON ADVANCED AND
OVERPOPULATED CIVILIZATIONS
“As
we go from this happy hydrocarbon bubble we have reached now to a renewable
energy resource economy, which we do this century, will the “civil” part of
civilization survive? As we both know there is no way that alternative
energy sources can supply the amount of per capita energy we enjoy now, much
less for the 9 billion expected by 2050. And energy is what keeps this game
going. We are involved in a Faustian bargain—selling our economic souls for the
luxurious life of the moment, but sooner or later the price has to be
paid.” Walter Youngquist
A farmer
with two horses and a single furrow plow can feed 12 people. A farmer with a
John Deere tractor can feed
1,200 and more. But if that tractor
cannot be filled with gasoline, it won’t pull a 10 furrow plow. Today, nothing on the horizon can duplicate
the ‘energy density’ of oil.
According
to the Hubbert Curve, we will see the end of all extractable oil reserves
within 30 years. Additionally, as we
continue burning 84 million barrels daily, we will see gasoline hit $10, $15
and ultimately $20 per gallon. (Source: Chris Steiner, $20 Per Gallon, Forbes)
How will
we feed our overblown 310 million population without oil? How will we feed it without water for
irrigation?
"Surveying the available alternative energy sources for
criteria such as energy density, environmental impacts, reliance on depleting
raw materials, intermittency versus constancy of supply, and the percentage of
energy returned on the energy invested in energy production, none currently
appears capable of perpetuating this kind of society." Richard Heinberg, "Temporary Recession or
the End of Growth?"
Finally, this president sums it up:
"...More important than the deficit, more important
than healthcare—more important than anything—we have got to do something
about our energy strategy. Because if we permit the climate to continue to warm
at an unsustainable rate, and if we keep on doing what we're doing until we're
out of oil and we haven't made the transition, then it's inconceivable to me
that our children and grandchildren will be able to maintain the American way
of life and that the world won't be much fuller of resource-based wars of all
kinds." President
Bill Clinton
Today, we evade, avoid and suppress any talk about energy
conservation and overpopulation in America.
As Paul Ehrlich said, “All causes are lost causes without limiting human
population.”
Take action! www.numbersusa.com ; www.worldpopulationbalance.org
; www.populationmedia.org ; www.thesocialcontract.com ; www.albartlett.org
“Imagine a country which employs the
principles of personal responsibility, freedom and accountability for future
generations. Everything you do-counts!
If you do nothing, that counts to the negative. When you read sobering
information, do you want to give up or fall apart? Or, do you want to engage
like
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, George and
Martha Washington, John and
Abigail
Adams, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Oprah, Barbara Jordan, John Muir and other Americans. You
represent the Jefferson’s, Oprah’s and Dr. King’s of the 21st
century. Consider it your honor and
privilege to become a part of the solutions.
Engage the present to change the future! Become an agent of the change you want to see!”
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In a five minute astoundingly simple
yet brilliant video, “Immigration, Poverty, and Gum balls”,
Roy
Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG,
graphically illustrates the impact of overpopulation. Take five minutes to see for yourself:
If
any of us, no matter what our race, creed or color might be, refuse to engage
our U.S. Congress as we have not for 30 years as to the population/immigration
equation-our children will find themselves living in a terribly degraded
America where the American Dream will be described by the history books as a
'fleeting fantasy' from the era of 1950 to 2010.
These
are several of the top organizations where you can take collective action to
change the course of American history as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom
and Australia. Take collective action at:
This
is the best website to start: www.numbersusa.com
; watch Roy
Beck’s “Immigration by the Numbers” at 14 minutes. Bi-partisan and
very effective. Become a faxer of pre-written letters to your reps to make
positive change.
Also:
www.fairus.org
; www.capsweb.org
; www.thesocialcontract.com
; www.populationmedia.org
; www.worldpopulationbalance.org
; www.populationconnection.org
; www.quinacrine.com
; www.familyplanning.org/
, www.skil.org
; www.growthbusters.com;
www.populationpress.org
; www.thinkpopulation.org
; www.carryingcapacity.org
; www.balance.org
; www.controlgrowth.org
; in Canada www.immigrationwatchcanada.org
; in Australia www.population.org.au
andPublicPopForum@yahoogroups.com;
in Great Britain www.optimumpopulation.org
; and dozens of other sites accessed at www.frostywooldridge.com.
Must
see DVD: "Blind Spot" www.snagfilms.com/films/title/blind_spot/
, This movie illustrates America's future without oil, water and other
resources to keep this civilization functioning. It's a brilliant educational
movie! www.blindspotdoc.com
Must
see: Rapid Population Decline, seven minute video by Dr. Jack Alpert-
Must see
and funny: www.growthbusters.org
; www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXSTrW_dARc
Dave Gardner's Polar Bear in Bedroom:
Dave Gardner's Polar Bear in Bedroom:
growthbusters.org/2010/03/save-the-polar-bear-in-your-bedroom
; Dave Gardner, President, Citizen-Powered Media ; Producing the Documentary, GROWTH
BUSTERS; presents Hooked on Growth: Our Misguided Quest for Prosperity,
Join the cause at www.growthbusters.org ;760
Wycliffe Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 USA; +1 719-576-5565
Check out
this link with Wooldridge on bicycle and Lester Brown and panel discussion:
Tomorrow's
Americaproject on www.youtube.com/contemporarylearning.
Producer:
GEORGE A. COLBURNwww.tomorrowsamerica.com
DC:
202-258-4887
Email: gac@starbrightmc.com
Link to www.tomorrowsamerica.com
for more discussions on America's predicament.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION:
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Frosty
Wooldridge has bicycled across six continents - from the Arctic to the South
Pole - as well as six times across the USA, coast to coast and border to
border. In 2005, he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece.
He presents "The Coming Population Crisis in America: and what you can do
about it" to civic clubs, church groups, high schools and colleges. He
works to bring about sensible world population balance at www.frostywooldridge.com
He is the author of: America on the Brink: The Next Added 100 Million
Americans. Copies available: 1 888 280 7715
6 Comments in Response to PART 5: WHAT CONSTITUTES OVERPOPULATION IN AMERICA? TWO MAJOR IDENTIFIERS
Again, nobody called anyone names, and in fact, I called every reader to his or her best and brightest thinking. But if the shoe fits, slip it on and see how it feels. We're talking about reality as defined by science, clear thinking, observations and relevant realities such as water shortages, Peak Oil, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Species extinction, climate destabilization and a host of other challenges facing the human race as to overpopulation. For those that 'get' it, I speak to you; for those who can't or won't 'get' it or cannot understand it, I won't waste my time. Galileo didn't and I won't. The 21st century awaits those able to think in 21st century understandings. FW
Hey, Ned, Frosty was the one who started calling you, me and even Ernie and the rest of us -- who voiced a contrary opinion to his end of the world due to population overload fantasy -- a bunch of "innumerates" or ignorant. If you are happy with it, I'm not.
I'm okay with it if he was in fact telling the truth about the level or degree of higher and advance education that I have to earn a reputation of an ignoramus. I speak for myself and I know he was lying when he spat out that sh ....ts the first time he went berserk. From that time on, I locked an eagle eye on his every disinformation move that does not only mislead but abuse the intelligence of the public.
He stepped out of line and I put him back. He is now stepping on the brake on name-calling after he bumped on someone standing ten feet tall in front of him. Besides, what he said about you and me and the rest of us and his immigration-population shock are attractive bones to chase and chew on.
OMFG! I'm probably gonna get crucified for this but I just got this visual image of a dog chasing Frosty on his bicycle and nipping at his leg and the name sprang to mind: Bakadog.
I don't really feel like fighting today but that one was just too good to pass up.
Hey Frost, there's this mass of unintelligible characters at the bottom of your piece. It' "pushing the page" horizontally. You might be able to get into the editor and clear anything below your content--even if it just looks like a blank space.
And somebody better go round and see if Bakadude is OK. He usually can't resist a chance at biting Frosty's leg so I'm naturally concerned ;)
Ross,
Actually, US women since 1970 have averaged 2.03 children. Easiest way to stop overpopulation in America: reduce all immigration to less than 100,000 per year. Why 100,000? That's how many egress the country annually. We're already at ZPG; we just need to stop mass and unending immigration coming from a line that grows by 80 million annually. Thanks for your ideas. FW
America could easily reduce its population expansion by government offering cash incentives to teenagers ages 12 through 19 not to get pregnant. Perhaps pay teenage girls $200 a month. Over a period of 8-years that would amount to $19,200, a small amount considering how much States and Federal Government spend to support children born out of wedlock.