Overpopulation

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Term Paper Title	Overpopulation
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Overpopulation
By: Eric Krause

     Do you feel that all humans have the right to enjoy natural beauty?  The right to decent, uncrowded shelter?  The right to eat healthy food and drink pure water?  To breathe clean air and avoid pesticide poisoning?  Most people would say every human has a right to all of these things, but in some areas of the world  these rights are not being met.
     Most species have a sideways  "S" shaped graph reflecting growth rate, meaning the species will go up in total population but will eventually start to go down again.  The human population graph resembles more of a "J", starting out low and then skyrocketing straight up.  At our current growth rate the world's population of 5.8 billion would double in only about 45 years.  The United States population would double in less than 100 years.  Today the birth rate is about three times the death rate world wide  (The Population Explosion).  The closer these two rates are, the slower population growth will be.  Because of all of these reasons, efforts by the government should be made  to slow down the world population growth.

     Overpopulation is becoming a bigger concern as the growth rate continues to skyrocket.  Overpopulation is sometimes mis understood or mistaken with other issues.  Overpopulation does not deal with crowding, but in fact, density is irrelevant to questions of overpopulation (Adams J.A. Crusade Against Overpopulation).  What is relevant is carrying capacity.  Carrying capacity refers to how much an area can hold having all things at equilibrium, including all plants and animals.  An area is overpopulated when its long-term carrying capacity is being degraded by its current human occupants.  David Pimentel at the Carrying Capacity Network stated, "By this standard, the entire planet and virtually every nation is already vastly overpopulated."  Some people say the earth is not overpopulated since the United States can produce more food and products than are used.  That is true in the U.S. Now if you look at it world-wide the products we have are often from other countries.  These other countries are often not as well off.  These other countries are either in severe poverty or their cities are becoming overcrowded (STOP: Everyone must be educated about the realities of overpopulation).  Although the U.S. is not in trouble at this time, when you look at the whole world you may see a different picture.  Eventually the rest of the world will also have an effect on us.
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