What will we do about Population Growth/Overcrowding??

[dragonrider]

Have you heard about Thomas Malthus?

"The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race. The vices of mankind are active and able ministers of depopulation. They are the precursors in the great army of destruction, and often finish the dreadful work themselves. But should they fail in this war of extermination, sickly seasons, epidemics, pestilence, and plague advance in terrific array, and sweep off their thousands and tens of thousands. Should success be still incomplete, gigantic inevitable famine stalks in the rear, and with one mighty blow levels the population with the food of the world."

Many people thought Malthus was wrong because he predicted a huge collapse of population long ago, and it did not happen. But the reason it did not happen was that during the colonial era, more and more resources were disocevered around the world, and new industrial farming techniques were discovered that increased crop yields, and those factors delayed the day of reconing. Now there are no new undiscovered resources to exploit, and we find that those industrial farmng techniques actually deplete the land to the point where they become less productive over time, and still our population grows. Malthus will probably be proved right within our own lifetimes.