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<blockquote data-quote="DrDeanCrosby" data-source="post: 2625973" data-attributes="member: 875516">For those who doubt that Jesus will soon return to establish His &nbsp;Kingdom and in the process restore and repair the ecology of the world &nbsp;that has been so seriously damaged,the following&nbsp; facts in a &nbsp;transcript from a&nbsp; CNBC News&nbsp; telecast which reported that the world&#039;s &nbsp;population reached a new mind-boggling level of seven billion early &nbsp;today;should convince them that Jesus just has to return soon.No &nbsp;choice!THE WORLD CAN&#039;T COPE MUCH LONGER !! &nbsp;900 million people have no access to clean water. &nbsp;Water tables across the globe are receding. &nbsp;Eighteen countries are over-pumping from their underground water &nbsp;tables, including China, India, and the United States. &nbsp;Saudi Arabia will soon have to stop growing wheat because it has so &nbsp;greatly depleted its underground water source. &nbsp;Closely tied to water is food.&nbsp; Nearly ONE BILLION go to bed hungry. &nbsp;&quot;Probably the biggest hurdle is the fact that tonight at the dinner &nbsp;table there will be 219,000 people who were not there last night, and &nbsp;tomorrow night, there will be another 219,000 people,&quot; said Lester &nbsp;Brown, author or World on the Edge. &nbsp;Here is more detailed information in an excellent article: &nbsp;Overpopulation: The World&#039;s Problem &nbsp;by &nbsp;Vince Busam &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The world&#039;s population will soon reach a level where there will &nbsp;not be enough resources to sustain life as we know it. Growth must be &nbsp;checked to avoid this catastrophe. Many environmental, social, and &nbsp;economic problems either stem from or are increased in magnitude by &nbsp;the overpopulation problem. With an exponentially increasing &nbsp;population, the problems created by overpopulation grow &nbsp;correspondingly. To ensure population stability not only in the &nbsp;increasingly wealthy third-world areas, but also in the industrialized &nbsp;areas, countries and individuals must work together to achieve zero &nbsp;population growth. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The earth does not contain enough resources to indefinitely &nbsp;sustain the current enormous population growth. For instance, there is &nbsp;a limited area of arable land and living space. China, home to 1.2 &nbsp;billion people or 1/5 the world&#039;s population, is an excellent example &nbsp;of the kinds of problems that arise in an increasingly crowded &nbsp;society. Trying to increase the standard of living of its people, &nbsp;China has industrialized and the economy has grown (Hanson). This &nbsp;increase in wealth has increased the demand for food in China. The &nbsp;demand is so great that China went from exporting 8 million tons of &nbsp;grain in 1992 to becoming a net importer of 16 million tons of grain &nbsp;in 1994 (China News Digest). This causes a world-wide grain shortage &nbsp;which raises prices, which in turn puts food out of reach of even more &nbsp;people. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; In many areas, there is simply not enough food to feed the growing &nbsp;populations. Each day 40,000 children die from malnutrition and its &nbsp;related diseases. 150 million children in the world suffer from poor &nbsp;health due to food shortages . &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Another resource, which cannot keep up with an increasing &nbsp;population, is water. The supply of fresh water is limited. The recent &nbsp;California drought exemplifies this problem. Conflicts ensue between &nbsp;farmers, municipalities, environmentalists, and others over water &nbsp;rights. Recently, environmentalists battled with Los Angeles over the &nbsp;diversion of water from Mono lake to the LA basin. The Mono Lake &nbsp;incident and the aqueduct fights highlight some of the conflicts that &nbsp;arise over water. Creating fresh water can be expensive. A swelling &nbsp;population may have to turn to desalinization for their clean water. &nbsp;Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is the only country for which this process has &nbsp;had any success. However, Saudi Arabia does not require the vast &nbsp;amounts of agricultural water that California and other areas need. &nbsp;Another possible solution to the fresh water shortage is towing &nbsp;icebergs from the polar caps. This is just too costly for many areas. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; In addition to depleting resources, overpopulation increases &nbsp;environmental problems. Pollution is an environmental problem whose &nbsp;magnitude is increased by overpopulation. As more people drive more &nbsp;cars, use more electricity, throw away more trash, and cut down more &nbsp;trees, the environmental problems we experience are greatly increased. &nbsp;The earth could easily sustain a small population of highly polluting &nbsp;people. But as more people such as ourselves pollute, massive problems &nbsp;occur. Pollution is magnified in developing nations. As those nations &nbsp;with larger growing populations become richer, their pollution &nbsp;increases with their wealth. Developing nations often promote &nbsp;industries that pollute to compete economically. These industries are &nbsp;less tightly regulated in order to stimulate growth. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Besides causing the environmental strains on the earth, &nbsp;overpopulation causes a large number of the social problems in today&#039;s &nbsp;society. One example of this is described in the recent study by Ohio &nbsp;State University showing that children whose family sizes were larger &nbsp;did worse in school. &quot;The research, to be published in October&#039;s &nbsp;American Sociological Review, found that as family size increases, &nbsp;parents talk less to each child about school, have lower education &nbsp;expectations, save less for college and have fewer educational &nbsp;materials available&quot; . &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Social funding per capita is also reduced when the population &nbsp;grows. Again, California provides an excellent example. In 1990 there &nbsp;were 5.7 million children enrolled in California&#039;s K-12 schools,in &nbsp;2000 the number reached 7.9 million. &quot;Our secondary school population &nbsp;is growing by 177,000 a year. The Dept. of Education found that 35,333 &nbsp;new classrooms, or approx. 1,399 K-12 schools were needed by the year &nbsp;2000. That is almost a school a day. California already has some of &nbsp;the largest class sizes in the nation .&quot; With this growth in school &nbsp;needs, the state cannot meet the budget requirements. This has &nbsp;significantly contributed toward the state&#039;s deficit, as well as &nbsp;reduced the quality of education. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; In the 1980&#039;s, there was a 10% population density increase in the &nbsp;US. This led to a 20% decrease in housing affordability. The supply &nbsp;has not kept up with the demand for housing, which caused the real &nbsp;estate boom. This causes continually growing urban communities such as &nbsp;Los Angeles, which has experienced problems due to its sheer &nbsp;massiveness. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The traffic problems we face daily are another result of &nbsp;overpopulation. Just in California, 300,000 hours are wasted in &nbsp;traffic congestion each year at an estimated annual cost of over 892 &nbsp;million dollars. In addition, these idling motors add to the &nbsp;pollution problem. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Although opponents to population stabilization cite &nbsp;statistics in their favor, the overwhelming majority of statistics &nbsp;point toward a severe problem. One in four births in the developing &nbsp;world outside China is unwanted. It took 123 years, from 1804 to 1927 &nbsp;for the world to produce its second billion people, yet it took just &nbsp;thirteen years, from 1974 to 1987, to produce the fifth billion (UN &nbsp;Population Division). There are three more people in the United States &nbsp;every second with nine births and three deaths every two seconds &nbsp;(Universal Almanac, 173).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DrDeanCrosby, post: 2625973, member: 875516"] For those who doubt that Jesus will soon return to establish His Kingdom and in the process restore and repair the ecology of the world that has been so seriously damaged,the following facts in a transcript from a CNBC News telecast which reported that the world's population reached a new mind-boggling level of seven billion early today;should convince them that Jesus just has to return soon.No choice!THE WORLD CAN'T COPE MUCH LONGER !! 900 million people have no access to clean water. Water tables across the globe are receding. Eighteen countries are over-pumping from their underground water tables, including China, India, and the United States. Saudi Arabia will soon have to stop growing wheat because it has so greatly depleted its underground water source. Closely tied to water is food. Nearly ONE BILLION go to bed hungry. "Probably the biggest hurdle is the fact that tonight at the dinner table there will be 219,000 people who were not there last night, and tomorrow night, there will be another 219,000 people," said Lester Brown, author or World on the Edge. Here is more detailed information in an excellent article: Overpopulation: The World's Problem by Vince Busam The world's population will soon reach a level where there will not be enough resources to sustain life as we know it. Growth must be checked to avoid this catastrophe. Many environmental, social, and economic problems either stem from or are increased in magnitude by the overpopulation problem. With an exponentially increasing population, the problems created by overpopulation grow correspondingly. To ensure population stability not only in the increasingly wealthy third-world areas, but also in the industrialized areas, countries and individuals must work together to achieve zero population growth. The earth does not contain enough resources to indefinitely sustain the current enormous population growth. For instance, there is a limited area of arable land and living space. China, home to 1.2 billion people or 1/5 the world's population, is an excellent example of the kinds of problems that arise in an increasingly crowded society. Trying to increase the standard of living of its people, China has industrialized and the economy has grown (Hanson). This increase in wealth has increased the demand for food in China. The demand is so great that China went from exporting 8 million tons of grain in 1992 to becoming a net importer of 16 million tons of grain in 1994 (China News Digest). This causes a world-wide grain shortage which raises prices, which in turn puts food out of reach of even more people. In many areas, there is simply not enough food to feed the growing populations. Each day 40,000 children die from malnutrition and its related diseases. 150 million children in the world suffer from poor health due to food shortages . Another resource, which cannot keep up with an increasing population, is water. The supply of fresh water is limited. The recent California drought exemplifies this problem. Conflicts ensue between farmers, municipalities, environmentalists, and others over water rights. Recently, environmentalists battled with Los Angeles over the diversion of water from Mono lake to the LA basin. The Mono Lake incident and the aqueduct fights highlight some of the conflicts that arise over water. Creating fresh water can be expensive. A swelling population may have to turn to desalinization for their clean water. Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is the only country for which this process has had any success. However, Saudi Arabia does not require the vast amounts of agricultural water that California and other areas need. Another possible solution to the fresh water shortage is towing icebergs from the polar caps. This is just too costly for many areas. In addition to depleting resources, overpopulation increases environmental problems. Pollution is an environmental problem whose magnitude is increased by overpopulation. As more people drive more cars, use more electricity, throw away more trash, and cut down more trees, the environmental problems we experience are greatly increased. The earth could easily sustain a small population of highly polluting people. But as more people such as ourselves pollute, massive problems occur. Pollution is magnified in developing nations. As those nations with larger growing populations become richer, their pollution increases with their wealth. Developing nations often promote industries that pollute to compete economically. These industries are less tightly regulated in order to stimulate growth. Besides causing the environmental strains on the earth, overpopulation causes a large number of the social problems in today's society. One example of this is described in the recent study by Ohio State University showing that children whose family sizes were larger did worse in school. "The research, to be published in October's American Sociological Review, found that as family size increases, parents talk less to each child about school, have lower education expectations, save less for college and have fewer educational materials available" . Social funding per capita is also reduced when the population grows. Again, California provides an excellent example. In 1990 there were 5.7 million children enrolled in California's K-12 schools,in 2000 the number reached 7.9 million. "Our secondary school population is growing by 177,000 a year. The Dept. of Education found that 35,333 new classrooms, or approx. 1,399 K-12 schools were needed by the year 2000. That is almost a school a day. California already has some of the largest class sizes in the nation ." With this growth in school needs, the state cannot meet the budget requirements. This has significantly contributed toward the state's deficit, as well as reduced the quality of education. In the 1980's, there was a 10% population density increase in the US. This led to a 20% decrease in housing affordability. The supply has not kept up with the demand for housing, which caused the real estate boom. This causes continually growing urban communities such as Los Angeles, which has experienced problems due to its sheer massiveness. The traffic problems we face daily are another result of overpopulation. Just in California, 300,000 hours are wasted in traffic congestion each year at an estimated annual cost of over 892 million dollars. In addition, these idling motors add to the pollution problem. Although opponents to population stabilization cite statistics in their favor, the overwhelming majority of statistics point toward a severe problem. One in four births in the developing world outside China is unwanted. It took 123 years, from 1804 to 1927 for the world to produce its second billion people, yet it took just thirteen years, from 1974 to 1987, to produce the fifth billion (UN Population Division). There are three more people in the United States every second with nine births and three deaths every two seconds (Universal Almanac, 173). [/QUOTE]

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