| Currently there are over 300 million people in the | | | | Right now, the answer is no, the World Health |
| United States and growing. Each year 3 million | | | | Organization and the World Bank are working with |
| illegal aliens join us and that increase is before | | | | the UN and others to fix these discrepancies in |
| accounting for the birth rate against our death | | | | the world and on the African Continent as well as |
| rates. In fact we are growing in population faster | | | | working with leaders in the Middle East and Asia |
| than ever before. One has to ask when will we | | | | to come to terms with a viable plan.What about |
| run out of room? Will 500,000,000 people in the | | | | the United States? 500 million is a huge number. |
| United States of America actually sustainable? | | | | Our coastal cities are highly congested but the |
| Well the answer is it could be. For instance there | | | | middle of the country is not as congested. |
| is 1 Billion people in India and 1.3 Billion in China. We | | | | However there is no longer an abundance of |
| know China is having issues and India could be | | | | resources to support the growing population. |
| under dire consequences of lack of water, | | | | Water will be a premium and power is an issue |
| whereas the problems currently are only | | | | too. Fuel is already and issue and what will the |
| borderline dangerous and could lead to drastic | | | | country do if Climate Change continues along with |
| measures in the future?Will Bird Flu wipe out | | | | the population growth? We have problems with |
| enough people to make some of the human | | | | dead zones in our oceans, pollution and threats of |
| population in the world possible and stave off | | | | diseases we thought were taken care of already. |
| deaths and problems of over population in the | | | | What about natural disasters and water supplies? |
| future? What is a sustainable number of humans | | | | These are un answered questions we must come |
| on the surface of the planet? By 2075 there will | | | | to terms with as our infrastructure grows old and |
| be 50 Billion people as the population charts | | | | needs repair. We all need to be thinking here, are |
| suggest, is that sustainable? Do we have enough | | | | you? Think on it.Lance Winslow - Online Think |
| clean water assets and system to support that? | | | | Tank forum board. |