http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417124704.htm
Science News from research organizations
Food shortages could be most critical world issue by mid-century
Date: April 17, 2014
Source: Texas A&M AgriLife Communications
Summary: The world is less than 40 years away from a food shortage that will have serious implications for people and governments, according to a scientist. "For the first time in human history, food production will be limited on a global scale by the availability of land, water and energy," said a senior science advisor on food security. "Food issues could become as politically destabilizing by 2050 as energy issues are today."
Why fresh water shortages will cause the next great global crisis | Environment | The Guardian
Water The Observer
Why fresh water shortages will cause the next great global crisis
Water is the driving force of all nature, Leonardo da Vinci claimed. Unfortunately for our planet, supplies are now running dry – at an alarming rate. The world’s population continues to soar but that rise in numbers has not been matched by an accompanying increase in supplies of fresh water.
The consequences are proving to be profound. Across the globe, reports reveal huge areas in crisis today as reservoirs and aquifers dry up. More than a billion individuals – one in seven people on the planet – now lack access to safe drinking water.
The key to survival will be a nation's ability and willingness to regulate its
population and resources_
And each one will have their very own unique
population vs resource problems and solutions_
China has for decades been regulating population growth by restricting birthrate and immigration_
While sub-Saharan Africa's only plan appears to be
popping out babies and fleeing Africa in droves_
North America and Australia have the ability, resources and natural boundaries to avoid this approaching catastrophe with technology and immigration reform; but have yet to act_
The
United States already has a near zero
birth rate population growth
ergo all that's necessary is to deport
all illegal aliens and drastically
cut legal immigration_
The amount of economic and natural resources available to our future grandchildren will depend on the immigration policies we demand of Government today_
Pardon my extrapolation, but:
Sub-Saharan Africa is currently in the throws of an out-of-control
exploding birthrate_
Africa to Record Largest Population Growth Over Next 40 Years
News / Africa
Africa to Record Largest Population Growth Over Next 40 Years
Sub-Saharan Africa, where fertility rates are among the highest in the world, will account for the majority of the increase. In sub-Saharan Africa, the population is expected to grow from 926 million people to nearly 2.2 billion people.
Africa's population explosion has the potential to zoom past current estimates, said Carl Haub, a senior demographer at the Population Reference Bureau, a Washington-based non-profit group.
“Sub-Saharan Africa has, without a doubt, the greatest population growth potential of any region," said Haub. "The projection today is that it will increase by about two and a half times. But the important thing to remember is that even that projection assumes that the birth ate in sub-Saharan Africa will decrease. And in many of those countries today, it [has] not.”
The Population Reference Bureau report shows that women in sub-Saharan Africa currently average 5.2 children during their lifetime, compared to averages of 1.6 in Europe and 1.9 in North America.
Pretty bad time for 21st Century people to re-adopt the biblical breeding habits of early civilization_
Especially when
PC prevents the world from telling them the consequences of such poor family planning_
And did I mention the reproductive habits of the nonstop Latin American invasion? I don't know which is worse!
So; what say you my fellow DP members?
