Abstract!!

Pull Quote:
"For the U.S. to survive, the country will need to strictly reduce 1/3 of its population in order to be considered sustainable and avoid disasters."

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to discover the issues attributed to overpopulation and the associated problem of over consumption. This study focused on consumption of oil, energy, food and unnecessary items. With all these concepts, I have found that it is necessary for us to drastically change our ways, although many are afraid to change our customs on the reasons why we are going to have to adjust quick.

Oil, is an over consumed resource that produces lots of energy all over the world. To compare, the U.S. is profit driven by establishing agreements and invasions to withdraw oil from many other countries’ natural resources. Our demand for oil has increased at a rate of 2% yearly. By the year of 2020 the peak oil consumption will decrease and there won’t be much oil to exploit by 2050. As many have seen, Oil has lead the way for U.S. citizens to prosper for years, but yet we haven’t measured the future costs.

Food consumption is another issue we all need to be aware of and regulate. It is a worldwide issue yet, it is highly driven by young kids and teens. For an example the “perfect burger” contains many days of farm picked vegetables from all over the world, moving-vehicle CO2 emissions which pollute our air, and carryout many trans fats that can cause obesity.

Material consumption should be controlled to a certain extent, and should be used for purchasing enough supplies, in comparison to purchasing insane amounts of consumer goods with credit cards. Material over consumption always ends up leading to debt but also leads to many hidden costs that are paid for by the health of our environment.

The fact that the population has expanded exponentially and consumption has become such a way of life. The human carrying capacity can’t truly be estimated. For the U.S. to survive, the country will need to strictly reduce 1/3 of its population in order to be considered sustainable and avoid disasters.

Sustainability is the key to our continued survived and the health of our planet. Therefore to ever be in a sustainable state, something has to happen in order for a change.