Is The Earth Being Overrun and Over Populated By Humans - Should We Intervene?

It seems to be a favorite theory that the human population has grown entirely too large and that it is over taxing the Earth to the point of environmental ruin. Is this so? If so, what should we do about it? Well, it also seems to be a favorite theory that we need to put strict controls to bring the population down on Earth. Some have suggested the maximum number to be under 1.5 Billion humans, some even less, but the figures range from 5 Billion to 300 million humans. Okay so, let's talk about this shall we?

You see, recently I was discussing this issue with a young starry eyed university student who would like to see mandatory controls in place. Why? I guess because his European professors have sold him on global warming theory, and over population collapses. Now, don't get me wrong, here in the US we have tons of college professors purporting the same thing, some have decent research in their minds to justify this, most not, and under severe peer review, not much of it holds water in my opinion.

Nevertheless, I asked; do you think that technology can conquer this problem? It was once noted that in the USA, the great state of Texas could hold every person in the world (up to 10 Billion) with less density than Tokyo in mega cities, and no humans anywhere else on the planet, we could use all of Africa, Asia, and parts of South America for farming and leave the rest untouched. Do you think we could handle 50 billion humans living lifespans of 600-1000 years in the future?

Now then, I was told that 50 Billion was way too high, and that Earth could never hold that many people, but this is what folks had said in the 1970s about 5 Billion or 10 Billion, still today we can obviously see that is possible, and with new technologies perhaps not all that difficult to sustain either. You see, humans as bad as they are at making decisions, they are equally brilliant at finding solutions to problems and crisis - even if generally they linger in the arena of unintended consequences throughout that never ending process of two-steps forward, one step back.

My acquaintance, of extremely high IQ noted that it was unimaginable to consider a 50 Billion human population on Earth living in any sustainable fashion. Unimaginable, well then if one loses their imagination at the University, then why attend? We are going to have to face this population issue head on, because slowing human population to under 2.2 per couple has perceived dire economic consequences as per economic theory. Plus, humans cannot seem to stop procreating anyway. Please consider all this and think on it.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Humanitarian Issues. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net/

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