Persuasive Essay On Earth Is Overpopulation

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Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years, progressing through several eras and phases. However, questions have begun to appear, with questions if the “Earth is Overpopulated?”, if “With the Earth’s Current Population, will it be capable of maintaining life at a sustainable level? (Heaton)”, and if the Earth is at risk at running out of Resources at the rate we’re consuming them? My answer to all these questions is no, that although the population is currently at 7 billion people, it is not at a point where it could be considered to be overpopulated, and it is not a point where the Earth cannot sustain humans with its resources. In this essay, I will be defending the indefensible idea that we should not care about what happens to our Earth, …show more content…

However, this demand would not be able to be met because “the Earth cannot produce nor provide the resources that is required by demanding population of over 7 billion people (Network).” However, the idea, that Earth is overpopulated, was questioned by Natalie Wolchover, who claims that “although the population of 7 billion people is an alarming number, is it necessarily overpopulated? (Wolchover)” Wolchover claims that in reality the Earth is not overpopulated, claiming that “scientists think that Earth’s maximum carrying capacity is approximately 9 or 10 billion people,” meaning that the Earth’s current resources and land have the capability to feed and provide necessary resources to a population of 9 or 10 billion people …show more content…

(PBS)” or an objection presented in my Focused Inquiry class “if there is enough food, why are there people starving?” These objections are quite insightful, but deals with issues different from the belief of the resources on Earth being scarce. First, farmers would not be able to sell the surplus food for money, because there cannot be “too much production and fewer buyers. (PBS)” The current population on Earth does not demand the amount of food farmers are capable of producing, which if it were produced, not only would it cause farmers to lose money and time, but there would be large quantities of food that would go to waste. Secondly, people are starving, not because there isn’t enough food on Earth, but because of economic issues, typically in undeveloped countries. These undeveloped countries have not yet established programs or have adequate methods for the entire population, in those countries, to receive adequate nutrition and the adequate food resources to live a long, healthy

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