Population and the Environment

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Population and the Environment

Arithmetic vs. geometric growth Arithmetic growth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… Geometric growth (exponential) 2, 4, 8, 16, 32… (Cunningham et. al: Environmental Science: A Global Concern)

Population growth 2 to 6,600,000,000 last century 1B/decade 100M/year 300K/day 1 NYC/month 296B in 150 years! (Cunningham et. al: Environmental Science: A Global Concern)

Carrying capacity Overshoot Dieback “crash” Increase w/ technology, but sustainable? What is Earth’s sustainable CC? (Cunningham et. al: Environmental Science: A Global Concern)

Fertility rates (replacement is 2.1) (Rubenstein: Introduction to Human Geography)

Questions to think about Why are we growing so fast? Why should we be concerned? People are good aren’t we? How does population affect the environment? What needs to be done? (Pojman: Population: General Considerations)

Growth causes Higher fertility rate & lower death rate Industrial Revolution Fossil fuel & combustion engine Agricultural advances Fertilizer, irrigation & genetics Medical, health & sanitation revolution Vaccines, antibiotics, nutrition, sewage, cleaner water, etc. Socioeconomic, religious & primal instinct factors (Newton and Dillingham: The Human Family Grows: Population as a Problem)

Malthus vs. Condorcet Geometric pop. growth Arithmetic subsistence growth Overshoot CC Starvation, disease & resource wars Advance in technology = more improvement Moral advancement Women's rights (Pojman: Population and the Environment)

Optimist More people = more brains = more progress Healthcare, economic opportunity & technology Creative resources are infinite (Newton and Dillingham: The Human Family Grows: Population as a Problem)

Pessimist More people = more pollution & global warming Irreplaceable resources Air, water, soil, species, etc. Agricultural & economic collapse Creative resources aren’t infinite Brains like Einstein or Mozart are very rare Geniuses need education & food too (Newton and Dillingham: The Human Family Grows: Population as a Problem)

Current consequences Water depletion & pollution (33%) Soil degradation (43%) Deforestation Biodiversity Extinction (27,000/ yr.) Famines Unemployment 2B malnourished (½ children) Resource depletion US oil: 15 yrs World oil: 50 yrs (Newton and Dillingham: The Human Family Grows: Population as a Problem)

Overcrowding stress Intense competition Psychological, physical and behavioral changes Weakened immunity, aggression, cannibalism, arteriosclerosis and increased mortality Symptoms include abnormal adrenal glands & deterioration of circulatory system, kidney and liver (Cunningham et. al: Environmental Science: A Global Concern)

Women and population Historically suppressed & regarded as inferior Men & religion control reproductive rights, education and career opportunity No independence Islam ”Men are above women because Allah has given the one superiority above the other” Confucius ”one hundred girls are not worth one boy” Hinduism ”A woman must never enjoy independence” Christianity ”The women shall be vassals to their men who are their masters”

Family planning 97% of growth in poor nations with little access to reproductive services AID found many women want to limit pregnancies Funding cuts and “gag rule” (Cunningham et. al: Environmental Science: A Global Concern)

Consumption and the environment I = PAT Hunter gatherer 2,500 calories Modern American 186,000 calories Equivalent to sperm whale US most overpopulated in this context Rich vs. poor nations (Pojman: Population General Considerations )

Disproportionate consumption US has 4.5% pop. Use 33% of all resources Produce 75% toxic waste & 33% total waste Produce the most greenhouse emissions Waste 200,000T edible food/d Eat 200B extra calories/d (feed 80 million) 1/3+ overweight & spend $30B/yr on diets Justifiable? (Pojman: Population General Considerations)

Death context 3,200 died tragically on 911 Relatively unpreventable Over $5 billion in aid 33,000 children die/d unnecessarily from malnutrition and poverty-related disease Easily preventable 15-25 cents/d would save the majority Political & religious authorities moral and pro-life? (Pojman: Hunger, Duty, and Ecology: On What We Owe Starving Humans)

Consumption of meat Health Morality 13 lbs. grain/ lb. meat Consumption increases risk of degenerative diseases Heart disease, obesity, diabetes & cancer Fat deposits in arteries of typical US child by age 3 & 70% by age 12 Greed & God? Morality Death of animals & people 13 lbs. grain/ lb. meat 22MT seeds produced in US, 20MT fed to livestock 90% net loss 14 MT protein (Pojman: Hunger, Duty, and Ecology: On What We Owe Starving Humans)

Consumption solutions Progressive policies Simple Reduce consumption Recycle waste Eat less meat Buy used stuff Don’t waste Advanced Less children Invest in sustainable businesses Consider impact of decisions and actions Refocus reality away from material happiness

Population solutions Halt & reverse growth to sustainable level Serious political & religious debate and reform Socioeconomic empowerment Educational & employment opportunities Social security systems Family planning services Environmentally sustainable development (Newton and Dillingham: The Human Family Grows: Population as a Problem)

Easter Island history Initially lush forest, fertile soil & abundant wildlife Overpopulation Deforestation Soil & water depletion Extinction of wildlife Chaos and warfare Cannibalism reduced population by 90% Why didn’t they control their population? Why didn’t they conserve their resources? Will we follow the same course? Should we be optimists, pessimists or both? (Cunningham et. al: Environmental Science: A Global Concern)

Henry Kendall of MIT- ”If we don’t control the population with justice, humanity, and mercy, it will be done for us by nature-brutally.”

(Rubenstein: Introduction to Human Geography) HIV/AIDS (Rubenstein: Introduction to Human Geography)

Mexican immigration Destabilize employment and economy? Overcrowding Higher resource and environmental pressures More native blood = more right to land & resources?

Religious leaders Hindu god Rama: two daughters Buddha: one son Jainism prophet Mahavira: one daughter Confucius: one son Taoism founder Loa-tzu: no children Moses: two sons Jesus Christ: no children Islamic prophet Mohammed: one daughter