Well I guess I can't really say the population stinks, but what many folks don't realize is: reproduction and growth is actually causing more social strife than anyone cares to admit.
Population worries were once the popular choice for doomsday scenarios, but somehow they have fallen out of favor in recent years.
I say bring the worries back! Our whole unsustainable financial system is based on the need to grow the economy as the global population grows. As our human population blossoms, our fish are over-fished, simple resources depleted, and the bulldozers are happily plowing down more wilderness to build, build, build...
A few sourdoughs in Alaska do notice as more newcomers arrive in the great North they spoil all the fun. People become less polite, vandalism increases, hunting grounds disappear and water front property is snatched up and public access disappears--to name a few issues..
But I got news for you folks, it's not ending anytime soon--and most people are actually gung-ho about it. A quick example--everyone wants the new Home Depot or Costco to be built, so the wilderness is paved, new jobs are formed, creating a demand for more housing, causing more pavement, more box stores and more houses. I've actually heard people say: what's so wrong with creating new jobs and homes? To feed and house my family? Well the problem is- even giant Alaska doesn't have enough land to keep up an economic model based on paving, building and growing. Land runs out.
So what are your grand kids going to do for money if everything is already built up? And even worse, what if one of those grand kids wants to actually fish from a clear stream or hike in the woods, but all he has left are giant parking lots and Taco Bells. This scenario isn't as nuts as it sounds, anyone been to Northern NJ, Los Angeles, Miami, etc.. lately?
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