Hello all bloggers! Take a look at the link to a video above. It's a wonderful visual and I think all of you will enjoy it although it is a bit depressing...
We live in a world where over 90% of the growing population is happening in the poorest countries. We live in a world where there is currently 7.058 billion people (2012 population data). We live in a world that is predicted to double in 58 years.
This data may just seem like a statistic to some readers, but these numbers are human lives. Can Mother Earth take care of another however many billion people? Many people think it can. That's cornucopian! A Cornucopian is a futurist who believes that technology will find away to sustain our earth and that we will always find a way to get by. They believe that there is enough matter and energy on the Earth to provide for whatever population comes at it.
It is predicted that if our population is to keep growing at the rate it is, by 2050, we will need an 80% increase in our water resources just to feed everybody. Nobody knows where we will get that water from. That's scary, don't you think?
With these statistics, what do you think America will be like if our world was to double in just 59 years? Man, talk about a population bomb.
That's all folks,
Jenna Newton
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