FREE ESSAY ON OVER POPULATION

OVER POPULATION

The population of our planet will quickly reach a point where there will not be adequate
amount of resources to support life on Earth. Population control must be enforced to
avoid such a catastrophic occurrence. Many economic, social and environmental problems
are either affiliated with or are increased due to overpopulation. With an exponentially
increasing world population, the problems created by overpopulation grow correspondingly.
In order to stabilize the massive population, the world must work together to maintain
population stability. 
One of the main reasons is due to the fact that Man treats his surroundings, for example
like his land, his environment, his atmosphere, his waters and other life forms as merely
objects. Man utilizes, destroys and discards them when he's finish. If Man does not
respect his planet, there will be nothing left except for a dead, barren wasteland. We
must act soon or better yet, now. The earth does not have enough resources to supply the
current enormous population growth. In many areas, there is simply not enough food to
feed the growing populations. 150 million children in the world suffer from poor health
due to food shortages.
Alongside with food, there is another resource that cannot keep up with the increasing
population, that is water. Our supply of fresh water is very essential to life and
limited. Eventhough, our earth is covered with 2/3 of water and 1/3 land, converting salt
water to fresh water can be expensive.
In addition to depleting resources, overpopulation increases environmental problems.
Polltion is an environmental problem whose magnitude is increased by overpopulation. With
more drivers on the road, more electricity consumed, more trash, and depleting trees, the
environment problems that exist will exponentially increase. But as more people such as
ourselves pollute, massive problems occurs. Pollution is magnified in developing nations.
Unfortunately, as nations with larger growing populations become richer, their pollution
increases with their wealth. 
Not only does overpopulation causes resource and environmental hazards, overpopulation
causes a large number of the social problems in today's society. There is much more crime
and violence due to the great increase of population. 
Also, with the overpopulation dilema diseases are likely to spread and develop much
faster. There are more diseases and effected people than ever before. AIDS, for example,
spread due to careless and uneducated individuals. And with so many careless and
uneducated people all over the world, diseases will always be a surreal issue.
With an impending crisis looming over the horizon, therefore outlined steps must be
followed to ease the population and the many other problems that are directly related to
it. When people are educated to the benefits of limiting family size, they respond with
lower birth rates. Education, coupled with economics pressure, will end the overpopulatio
problem and ease many of the other problems faced by today's society.