Why Overpopulation Isn't the Problem You Think It Is
Around 390,000 new humans are born everyday. So, on a planet with dwindling resources and an increasing strain on natural systems... is curbing our booming population the key to solving our environmental woes?
In general, the increasing population hurts the environment significantly, as with this increase the need for energy resources increases to operate factories to meet population needs, and this will lead to the continuation of the extraction and refining of energy resources, which leads to continuous pollution of the environment. Also, with the increase in population, work continues to increase the production of foodstuffs, both plant, and animal. Therefore, materials polluting the environment such as pesticides and chemicals that increase crop production will continue to be used, but they negatively affect the environment and biodiversity. Likewise, the breeding system for animals will be transformed into confined breeding, transforming these beautiful creatures that used to live in the environment freely into large gatherings in confined areas polluted with excretions, emissions, and small and large PMs ... The earth and the environment are the second mothers to man because they provide him with everything he needs. Throughout his life and take care of him, it is very necessary that we take care of it and try as much as possible to go to environmentally friendly means in our dealings and in our projects, we must take care of our second mother. Unfortunately, a man has hurt his second mother a lot, with great regret.
I've written on this, specifically in relation to our interrelated waste and climate challenges.
I invite folks to have a read here: Article Info from the global world-- The source of waste and the end...
Spoiler alert: capitalism is the problem, not people.
In general, the increasing population hurts the environment significantly, as with this increase the need for energy resources increases to operate factories to meet population needs, and this will lead to the continuation of the extraction and refining of energy resources, which leads to continuous pollution of the environment. Also, with the increase in population, work continues to increase the production of foodstuffs, both plant, and animal. Therefore, materials polluting the environment such as pesticides and chemicals that increase crop production will continue to be used, but they negatively affect the environment and biodiversity. Likewise, the breeding system for animals will be transformed into confined breeding, transforming these beautiful creatures that used to live in the environment freely into large gatherings in confined areas polluted with excretions, emissions, and small and large PMs ... The earth and the environment are the second mothers to man because they provide him with everything he needs. Throughout his life and take care of him, it is very necessary that we take care of it and try as much as possible to go to environmentally friendly means in our dealings and in our projects, we must take care of our second mother. Unfortunately, a man has hurt his second mother a lot, with great regret.
Restricting population growth will not solve global issues of sustainability in the short term. A worldwide one-child policy would mean the number of people in 2100 remained around current levels, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Even a catastrophic event that killed billions of people would have little effect on the overall impact. There may be 12 billion humans on Earth by 2100, the latest projections suggest. Concerns about the impact of people on the planet's resources have been growing, especially if the population continues to increase. Kindly check the following link:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29788754
I found this link, kindly check it, it may be useful:
https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/population-environment
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