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The Next Millenium (r)

(written by iearn@iearn.org, 03/22/1996)

/* Written  5:15 PM  Dec 13, 1995 by dhurst in igc:iearn.tc */
TTHey!  Watch out!  DonUt step on my foot!UU  a small
newborn bee yells to somebody who had already disappeared
into the crowd of newborn bees on a almost dead
grasshopperUs body.  They are going to eat it and grew,
without giving nothing back in return to the grasshopper.
It is awful!  New born bees are parasites as well as
human-being seems to be.Human being is reproducing at a
faster rate from the time of the first ancestor was born,
while the earth remains the same size.  In the world,
there are about  TT 5,234 millionUU (Gallant,104) people,
and still the birth rate is increasing.  In this essay,
how should people deal with the fact that the Earth wonUt
grow along with people, will be considered.As a genius
species, human-being have been accomplished in many
fields.  They live an easy life that is surrounded by
modern conveniences, but the life wonUt allow  them to
keep such life, since there is a limitation of
technology, science or whatever as well as carrying
capacity.  People need to find the measures to live in
the earth without depending on technical materials or
science, which often destroys EarthUs ecosystem.  It is
believed that the over population is the cause of
environment destruction, but it is not.  For example,
rain forest disappear because of greedy people, who want
to make a profit or who demands it, not because of the
congestion.  TTSome 60,000 species of plants  and animal
have become extinct as a result of 93 percent of the
islandUs forest being strippedUU(Gallant, 124).  People
canUt exist without host therefore people need to restore
itUs body to full of green, air and water, as it was.To
get along with the increasing of people, economic is also
important aspects to support over population.
Especially, old age or retired employees need to be paid,
as well as disabled and handicapped person.  TTThe
retirement age must be raised to 70 or 72; benefits must
be reduced; payroll taxes must go upUU (Michael), in
order to assure peopleUs social  security.  Government
campaign is more effective to let  people know, the
importance of changing economic system.   It will cause
disaster, if people try to gain an immediate profit.
People need to donate to their life and the mother earth.
As the most significant measure, birth control is
considered.  It can usually control the population.
Simply,  extreme population canUt coexist in nature,
because it against  the law of supply and demand.  In
addition people can afford  to live if there are few,
that means the more the population  decreased, the more
people will be comfortable.  Because it  will contribute
to below carrying capacity of the earth.  To let  people
understand and do birth control, great education is
indispensable for the next Millennium. In conclusion,
people must to have positive attitude  toward their
future, to get along with their host.  By putting  more
than 5,234 million of brains together, people can
attempt any wise measure to reduce their density, by
realizing  their answer of following question; TTDo
people want to  support many people marginally or fewer
people  comfortably?UU( ).