World Overpopulation
By Kevin
Young
By 2050 the US Census Bureau predicts world population will increase from the current 6.4 billion to 9 billion, nearly a 50% increase. As world population continues to increase greater and greater demands will be put on:
There are serious starvation problems throughout the world, such as in Africa and India. People are dying every day due to starvation and associated diseases.
A lack of fresh water for farming and drinking impacts the world food supply. The Yellow River in China first ran dry in 1972. Since 1985, it has run dry for part of each year.
Lack of proper sewage treatment results in contamination of the
existing fresh water supply. Also space for
trash disposal is running on empty. Recent sewage spills have closed swimming beaches in Lake Michigan, which is a used as a fresh water supply.
The number of homeless people is increasing rapidly. Even in Orange County it is estimated that there are 35,000 homeless people.
My solution for reducing the world overpopulation is as follows.
The first step is to educate the people about the increasing population and lack of resources. This would encourage a reduction in family size to reduce the population growth rate.
The next step would be to create an additional food supply. This would be done by assisting farmers in less productive farming regions with knowledge of modern farming techniques, such as improved irrigation systems, fertilizers and water recycling.
You would then improve waste management through proper sewage treatment
and water recycling. The Orange County Water District is building a state of the art sewage treatment facility with water recycling system. Similar systems could be developed in other areas.
The final step would be to better educate and stress the importance of recycling all resources, such as paper, glass, plastic, metal, and green waste to the public.
Executing this plan would reduce population growth and make better use of existing resources.