Dis9 ( Extra Credit) - Discussion #9- Population
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Are you concerned with over-population in the world? Do you think we currently have a problem with over-population, or do you think it will become a problem in the future ? Why or why not ? Please explain.
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This topic was locked Dec 11 at 11:59pm.Filter replies by unreadI have not contemplated the topic of over-population before, now thinking about it I suppose it is an issue worth discussing. Over-population will be problematic because shelter and food may become scarce. There will be a loss of ecosystems such as wetlands and forest that will have potential to be destroyed to accommodate the growing population. Air pollution would be shockingly higher due to the vehicles needed for transport. I think over-population can become a problem in the future, children are having children at a very young age and they have more than one child. I believe over-population can diminish the life expectancy years over time. Lack of medical personnel and nutrients that are needed to maintain a healthy stable life will not be enough for the population. The government may also be heavily relied to help with government assistance for people that will need help to stay afloat. Over-population would put many people of out jobs causing an alarming unemployment rate.
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I know this is such a common concern, however, I don’t live in a very populated country where we need to fight for resources so it is hard for me to be concerned about overpopulation. In my home town, Hong Kong, the birth is actually really low the government encourages each family to have at least 3 kids. In my 2nd home Australia, it is also not a very populated country, sometimes when I go to a football game then I would feel the place has too many people but this is just because of the football game that many people choose to go.
I guess for some countries like India which is extremely populated, that would be a concern for people to need to fight for resources and is not enough clean water, food, and power supply. However if the government can foresee the problems and fix the infrastructure to accommodate the growing population, the problem might be resolved.
I think some cultures tend to like big families and many others don’t, so it will balance out. I think the important thing is to make sure we have an environmental plan to make sure we don’t sabotage mother earth with the growing population before we run out of resources. (204 words)I am not overly concerned with overpopulation in the world, but I am starting to become a little concerned. It hasn't become a really obvious problem, but once you look more in-depth at how society works with this population, you start to realize that one day, it will make living harder with so many other people to care about. For instance, the amount of babies being born is definitely more than the number of nurses and doctors we get. Eventually, we will reach a point where resources will be significantly harder to obtain and each life will become less important to the societal eye because there are so many others to worry about. I don't think it's a really big problem now, but it might be in the next 50-100 years when global warming hits hard, and natural phenomena force us to become competitive. So far, our government hasn't established it as a concern either but it should be something to slowly look out for. Overpopulation might not cause immediate effects, but we should expect to see a more competitive state where each human is basically fighting for themselves (like natural selection).
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I think that overpopulation is an issue that should be discussed more often. Overpopulation is a big factor in many environmental issues. It makes the variety of environmental problems we already have much worse. The problem with overpopulation is that it is hard to control and will just exponentially get worse overtime. Currently, the problem of overpopulation does not feel like a huge deal because the effects of it cannot directly be felt, but thy are there. I think that because it is something that will just continue to get worse, we should treat it equally as important as any other environmental issue. China had a one child policy for a while and that helped their issue, but I do not know how beneficial that would be in other countries like the US. I am aware that younger generations are more likely to have less children, not because of overpopulation but because of preference and changing ideologies. This can be beneficial for the issue, but more definitely needs to be done.
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I would say I'm concerned with over-population but I can see how it can be an issue all over the world as some places aren't as structured as we may be. When we look around we see many people with no homes here who are hungry , need a place to stay, etc but it can be so much worse in a different part of the world. Watching the news you see poverty all over the world with many trying their best to make it by but really struggle because of living. With jobs , housing , space it can only be a matter of time before more and more can start to really struggle. I can also see a lot of situations getting better but I don't think the right things would happen in order for that to happen. In my opinion, I think that with how the world is going there is going to continue to be these problems in the world with more people than we can ever imagine.
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This discussion makes me start concerning the problem of over-population which I never think about it before. I think we don't have the over-population problem currently as we are not facing any big problem like lack of resources right now but it will probably happen in the future as most of the resources are limited. If there is a problem of over-populated there may create a lot of problem respectively. For example If a country that is over-populated they may lack of resources like education or health services. In the worst case, people may not get enough food and clean water to support their daily life. In addition, more large-scale of disasters will happen frequently as we have more people. Also, the climate will change unstably and even of the problem of global warming may become serious than before as we have more people, more pollution produced like water and air pollution.
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I am concerned with over-population quite a bit in the current situation. Currently, there are not enough houses, apartments, and other places to live to accommodate everyone, nor are there enough jobs for every person. I think that we currently have a problem with over-population, but I do not believe that we will have that problem in the future. There are a few reasons for why I think so. The first one is that there are already solutions being implemented to the problems over-population is causing, and there are many people, who are working towards getting more and more solutions out there. Soon, I believe that we will catch up to the problems and fix them. Another reason is that the world population is likely to stagnate at some point in the future. Because of these reasons, I believe that over-population is a problem that we will be able to deal with at some point in the future.
Word Count: 160I am currently not living in a populated country. Therefore, I am not too concerned about overpopulation. However, with climate change, where the earth is getting hotter and natural resource is reducing, this issue will significantly impact the younger generation in the future. Although having kids is not their priority with the younger generation, overpopulation might not be affected by them that much compared with the climate change, where the natural resource will be limited. For example, in India or Africa, they do not even have enough water or food because their government does not foresee or prepare for the situation. Hence the people there are suffering and fighting for survival while we live in a technological world that is supposed to improve our lives. Governments and everyone should be cautious about how we use natural resources, preparing a plan to deal with the growing population shortly before it is too late.
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I am concerned with the overpopulation of the world. It is not the overpopulation itself that is the problem, but what the earth and its resources will suffer from at the hands of all these people, affecting them back. We currently have a problem with overpopulation but perhaps it is not so bad in comparison to what future generations will experience. Overpopulation will become worse in the future because more people means more wants and needs have to be fulfilled, thus more natural gas, coal, oil, etc. have to be drilled, and more trees are cut, increasing pollution and carbon footprints. I think it will be a problem caused by prior generations, suffered and made worse by future generations; because even now, many peaceful environmental activists are being threatened and jailed by governments for trying to create more awareness about climate change. Even if most of the population is educated on environmental issues, many will still exploit resources for profit. Furthermore, with overpopulation, more people will compete for the increasing resource scarcity, therefore conflicts and crime rates will likely increase. Overcrowded areas will also increase the chances for certain diseases to mutate and transmit.
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For the time being, I don’t think overpopulation is a problem, but it will be soon. I think our natural resources and technology can support the current population. I noticed the population growth trend, in some Asian and African countries it is increasing at an alarming rate, but not that much in some European countries. Overpopulation can be a means for conflict because of competition for scarce resources like fresh water, agricultural land, petroleum, and others. We have already been able to witness conflict for freshwater, For example, the Blue Nile river, becoming a means of conflict between Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt. In addition, as the population increases, deforestation and the emission of greenhouse gases like CO2 will also increase. But, if we can advance technology, and can use renewable natural resources to fulfill many of our demands in a more environmentally sound way, I believe we can reduce the effects of overpopulation.
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I do not believe that the issue of overpopulation currently threatens the world. I think that the earth is more than capable of housing the current human population and that it will have the resources to house future generations of humans. I do however believe that the current standard of living is unsustainable with the population that we do have. I think that the luxuries that we currently enjoy are truly unsustainable issues and that we should take measures to cut back on the current wastefulness of the majority of first-world countries. Once these issues have been addressed, and a balance can be found, I believe the future technologies and the possibility of space travel will allow our species to expand and live comfortably. Until that is a reality, we need to be conservative and preserve as much human quality of life as possible. Otherwise, we'll foolishly use up our resources too quickly, and the possibility of overpopulation will become a very real reality.
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I think I am concerned with overpopulation in the world because of the depletion of resources. Using more resources and advancing technology is needed to keep up with the population increase. Currently, we are already dealing with a lot of environmental issues, shortage of housing, food, unemployment, and health disasters so I feel that it will only worsen as the population increases. I am not sure if we currently have a problem with overpopulation because I have not searched for the statistics, but I do feel that we do not have adequate resources for everyone. I have observed that in countries and cities like Hong Kong that suffer from over-population, the standard of living is low and a large majority of people struggle with poverty, economic issues, and inadequate housing. Inadequate housing and the high cost of living bring conflicts to a majority of people that don't have a job that can afford housing for their families, which can contribute to poverty.
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I am concerned with overpopulation in the world. Right now, the problem is not very apparent, but if the trend continues, it will become a worrying issue. With overpopulation, resources such as land and food could become scarce. I think the problem with overpopulation now is that more land needs to be developed into living spaces, so the environment is being harmed as a tradeoff. To make more living spaces, humans will be forced to make developments in nature that could potentially ruin ecosystems and harm the environment. Moreover, it would raise property prices even more because of the scarcity of land and could force people out of their homes because of this. To the more extreme end, there could be food and water shortages as well. There would be too many people and not enough land for agriculture, raising the prices of food and water. In the end, only those with money can survive and those who are less well-off will have a hard time staying alive.
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Over-population is a valid concern in the world. In America, we might don't really struggle all that much with this issue compared to some Asian countries. Only in cities in America does it become a slight concern but at least for now in America, the problem hasn't escalated yet. Problems such as resources are also an issue that comes with overpopulation. There have been some movements that have been put into use to counteract this such as dealing with air pollution in the future. Companies are starting to come out with alternatives to things that use gas. Looking at cars is a great example of this as they want to be able to create a world where most of the population uses electricity instead of gas in the incoming years. Other shared resources such as food may be an issue as the population continues to grow but I believe that people will create something to deal with this issue. Space is an issue but looking at the cities they have always expanded upwards and there is still a lot of time before that becomes a problem.
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I think that over population will be a future problem. Due to us already having limited resources as well as inflation. As well as the pollution that will be added to our Earth. We already have many homeless people as it is. What if it gets bigger? We won't have enough shelters. We do have other shortages such as housing, food and etc. I am concerned of over-population. Im scared of what will happen to all of us when it gets too crowed in our country. I feel that over-population can lead to a disaster not just for us in California but also in Asia. As over-populated they already are. Does this mean that in the future we will have more land to grow crops and resources ? Or will it be limited due to people needing a housing as well as an addition to the air quality we already are dealing with.
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I didn't think about the problem of overpopulation before, but I did have some concerns. In 2005, China's population exceeded 1.3 billion, while the population of the United States was only 300 million in the same year, that sounds terrible, so China has a rule that a family can only have one child because of overpopulation. Overpopulation will lead to lack of food and water, and overpopulation will consume more of the earth's resources, it is also harmful to the environment, and a large number of forests will be cut down to build houses. However, due to the serious aging population and low birth rate in recent years, China has now opened up the two-child policy. I think the population is still under control at present, although it may cause some burden in the future (China currently has a population of 1.412 billion), for now, I think newborns represent fresh blood, which is conducive to the development of the country.
I have never really thought about the chance of overpopulation before, but I guess thinking about it now, I to think it is very capable of becoming a problem. I think overpopulation could potentially result in the loss in ecosystems, meaning we will be cutting down forests, wetlands, which all have animals and specimens of their own living in them. The loss of ecosystems due to overpopulation could potentially be extremely harmful because all living things have a purpose and have certain "jobs" in the world so the environment can function properly. I also think the amount of food and shelter people have will become a huge issue, which will ultimately make the homelessness population skyrocket. Another concern is healthcare. The ratio of babies to doctors would be unmatchable. I think already there is such a need for healthcare providers. even today it is difficult to schedule your annual physical, let alone a more pressing health issue. So with that being said, if we do reach overpopulation, there is a very high probability that healthcare providers will not be able to keep up with the amount of patients, leaving many people to suffer
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I believe that the world is over-populated and it is growing substantially day by day, I believe there is a problem with the population because it fluctuates and is very abnormal to have such a large amount of people fill and grow cities that are usually desolate and small. All this growth may explain some traffic jams on freeways, this is why I can’t get anywhere sometimes in Los Angeles. But in all seriousness I think over population is a problem for the future because it can cause setbacks for income or opportunities. I truly believe that those problems can cause chaos and would bring about some problems with production or giving out jobs. I think with all the population growing at a excessive rate it causes cities to spend a lot of money to increase property growth and build new schools to withstand and hold such a huge amount of people. I believe also with the increase in population, inflation can go up and increase prices.WC:167I am very concern about the overpopulation problem in the world nowadays. Being one of the world's most concerned problems in the world right now, I think many people are also concerned about this problem. Overpopulation brings us many other problems, such as food and resources shortage. Although it seems not a very important problem in many people's eyes, but being a people who have lived in a over populated city in the past 18 years, I know that this is a problem that we need to solve quickly. Nowadays people are having children very young and as technology is very advance right now, people are living more longer which will lead to more new born lives and more elderlies. This will lead to more consume on many precious resources such as water, and other non renewable energy which will runs out in very short period of time. As many ancients have said human will be distinct due to shortage of resources, which will lead to wars between countries.
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I don't think I am concerned about overpopulation in the world as a whole, but there are some areas of the world that are definitely more people dense than the others which could cause some resource allocation issues. Given, the more well known and considered prosperous cities and places have more inhabitants. I think that those areas definitely need more attention as when there are too many people condensed in one area it can create biological, infrastructure, as well as many social problems. For example, disease can spread more quickly and viciously in denser areas and food prices will go up if there is too much demand.I think it depends where you live to see if there's an overpopulation problem or not, like comparing somewhere like San Jose to Vacaville. More densely populated areas will have overpopulation issues in the future as they are famous as they are right now, it will be worse later when more people decide they want to come in. 164
Although I do not think we, in America (or rather my local region of the Bay Area), currently have a problem with over-population, there is the concern for specific locations and strained resources. So while I’m not concerned with overpopulation, I would say that it leads to my concern on population density and the distribution of resources. I am more concerned about the growth of centers of population than the global population as a whole. Fast-growing areas like China and India that have many overcrowded cities and suburbs sprawl don't really seem to have an understanding of environmental respect. I believe that this is the real issue at-hand; in no way is Earth overpopulated at the moment, but we lack the necessary skills to rearrange people and resources to be evenly spread. In this case, I think overpopulation or rather, the distribution of resources will become a truly frightening problem in the future; at the moment, many third-world countries are left with little food and shelter, but that will only continue to worsen if we continue with our current systems. So no, we don’t currently have a big problem with overpopulation/resource distribution at the moment, but yes, I am concerned that it will become a problem in the future. (210 words)
I think overpopulation can definitely become a problem in the future, as Earth has a finite amount of its resources. With the world population rising everyday, demands for food, housing, and even healthcare will rise as well. Most of the world lives in a society where people are consumers, and with more consumption opposed to supplying those needs, our resources can only be depleted. There is also the issue of climate change, and how the addition of new people as well as new communities is only making the earth warmer. As of right now, I don't believe the issue is as prevalent, but I can envision is being a serious problem in the future. With countries like China even implementing a "one-child policy," the issue can only grow larger and begin spreading to other regions. I believe that as long as our human population is growing, Earth is going to be left with fewer resources.
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Overpopulation is an issue that I am concerned with in the world. We all know that Earth has limited resources which I do believe has enough to go around after the population curve starts to settle. But that runs on a lot of pretenses as well as in a more utopian ideal. To my knowledge the current issues reside after the industrial revolution. In this period advancement was the driving force behind humanity where we started getting into territories that are planet altering. With this comes the current issues of overpopulation. In the current society a single human takes up much more resources than what humans did in the past. This combined with longer life spans and lower death rates exacerbate this issue. As more nations develop and the production methods value short term goals of matching the rising consumption level of humans this is why overpopulation is an issue. It's not just about the flat number of humans because the planet is capable of hosting much more than 7 billon people but it is rather about how much resources each of those 7 billion people use and what effect that has on the planet. This is why I think overpopulation is already an issue and will only continue to become a larger one.
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I think over-population is a concern but I personally have not taken the time to think about this issue. I feel that this is because I can't directly see it so I don't think it affects me. After taking the time to think about it, I am concerned with over-population because it is a link to environmental problems. I think we currently do have a problem with over-population but it is not as big as a concern that people are doing anything about it. Over-population hasn't been an issue that has directly impacted us yet so it doesn't seem a big deal right now. I think in the future it will become an even bigger problem but I think the new generation may make it less of an issue. This is because the newer generation will have less kids compared to generations before. The newer generation has different ideologies so this could impact the number of kids each family will have. (161 words)
Overpopulation could affect the world in many ways. I am concerning about the over-population can become a problem in the future because it related with many problems in our society. In developing countries and some poor countries lack family planning caused over-population such as India, Bangladesh etc. The main cause of overpopulation is poverty. Over-population causes environmental damage such as global warming, climate changed, faced weather issued, overcrowding, increased poverty, more demand for over used resources and demand for food production which deplete and damage natural resources, increased air pollutions from the wasted of industries, which caused more environmental pollution and waste materials. In some places started facing overpopulation issue shortage of housing and shortage of employment opportunities because of greater number of people than job opportunities. Unemployment also directly relating to the crime rates. Over-population can cause more diseases and more chance to deal with epidemic and pandemic issue. We should look into it seriously and prevent over-population and also, we should balance and implement on the negative affect of over-population and create a better world. (177words)
Overpopulation is not something I was too concerned about but we have a problem with overpopulation. I think overpopulation is the reason why we are seeing more and more homeless people around. I also believe in the future it will only get worse. A few days a week when I go on social media I see either someone I know or someone who has gone viral and is announcing their pregnancy. Overpopulation has also affected other factors such as pollution due to millions of cars being used every day, as well as more and more factories being built. It has also caused a higher cost of living making everything from groceries to houses more expensive. It has also caused a lot of people to be unemployed because since everything is more expensive a lot of people don’t shop often and if they do it is limited. So people from retail stores, restaurants, fast food places, and others don’t have a lot of hours to give their employees.
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Five years ago, I heard about overpopulation in densely populated countries like China, the USA, and Japan,... I'm very concerned about this, and I always imagine how long the Earth can survive if people keep being born without a plan. Depending on our situation and economy, we should have a family plan. I agree that if each family can afford and can afford to pay for all the hospital bills and problems for their children's future, how many children they can have is up to them. But if the family belongs to a poor household, does not have a stable job, and keeps "reproducing," the overpopulation is very high, and there is a high chance that the children born without a happy life will not have a happy life. happiness or even not going to school. Currently, in China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan, you cannot imagine a family of 5 living in a tiny "room" without any open space. The toilet comes with the kitchen, and the living room is the bedroom for the whole family... Also, because of the problems of overpopulation, many laws have been introduced that a household suspending should have two children, but giving birth is a gift from heaven, so only if we know how to live and plan the earth in the future will not meet chaotic scenarios like scientists and astrologers. predicted.
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Over population has never been something that has been a worry of mine, however with recent changes to the climate over-population has been a growing concern. With the climate getting hotter progressively the supply of food will also go down with it, yet our population is rising. Eventually an ecosystem will dissolve with such a trend. If we progress on the same path we are going over-population will become a huge problem because so many problems will arise beyond not having space for people to occupy. For humanity to avoid increasing problems with over-population we have to increase awareness on the topic firstly and also fix problems with littering and other things affecting the environment. If things do go as they are though, forests won't exist and food will be scarce as ever, the problem will only become worse and humanity won't be able to maintain in conditions with lack of resources.
wc: 154I personally have not thought much about over population recently but I think that there is a concern for it in the future. At the same time I am slightly split since the upcoming generations, sos far, have expressed that many of them don't plan on having kids, or just don't plan on having many. While on the other hand there are others that are having many kids such as eight plus, and making it seem glorified. While I understand the joys and goals of some people having big families, I also believe there could be "too many", but that is just my opinion. Hopefully the very large families, and the new generation of people who plan to not have any kids will slightly balance each other out, but in the long run I do believe there will become a huge problem with over population, and in some areas of the world, they are already experiencing consequences of over population.
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The idea of over-population in the world to me seems very intimidating. Resources are very limited which can cause a chain of reactions to occur: people would have a lesser chance of achieving certain necessities, inflation would go up, car and landfill pollution will exponentially increase and many more. Currently, I think we are or might be hitting the starting stages of overpopulation on earth. I recently heard that we hit 8 billion people on earth when I remember growing up with the knowledge of 7 billion people in the world. One change I saw that will prevent one of the problems to increase is the law in California where in 2035, the sale of new-gas cars is banned. If we do have more than 8 billion at that time, CA could have less air pollution as gas cars now would be close to outdated. Undoubtedly, we cannot keep all 8 billion people and more in check so we have to stay diligent for the next few decades.
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I am a little concerned with overpopulation and think that in the future it will affect the world negatively. Despite overpopulation being seen as a concerning issue now and a huge concern for so many people I do not believe it will actually negatively start impacting us until way in the future. Some scary things to think about overpopulation is that we can start running out of food and jobs. Places even such small towns will start filling up and being overpopulated. I’m saying that it even started happening today. My grandparents live in a small town where a lot of people do not live there. It is not crowded. For my whole life they have lived there and I’ve never had a concern about there being too many people and it being busy. Recently a lot of people have started moving there and the town has been filling up quickly. It has gotten more crowded over the past few years. Everywhere this will start happening as the population increases.
Our planet earth's population just turned 8 billion a few weeks back. My concern about overpopulation is not about that one day we will run out of space on this planet but more about sustainability and impact on climate where certain regions seem to be overpopulated. Poverty and health problems due to poor sanitation, lack of access to food and water, and other ills continue to cripple such regions. People and children in such regions mainly in the southeastern part of Asia and some parts of Africa suffer from malnutrition and lack of opportunities to maintain a healthy lifestyle. With the scarcity of natural resources like clean water, such issues can cause social protest and violence in some countries. But on the other hand, we have regions like Europe, Japan and the Korean peninsula where population growth rate has been stagnant for decades. With an aging workforce, different kinds of problems are being faced by these countries. The best solution would be to find a way to control the population in certain third world countries, but find a way to increase population in certain first world countries where they have seen a decline for many years. {wc 196}
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