Part
1: Raging controversy
By
Frosty Wooldridge
At
long last, the Economist Magazine
offered a debate on its website that garnered thousands of responses. John Seager, president of Population
Connection (formerly ZPG), promotes population stabilization and long
term
decline. He proposes that Americans live
within the carrying capacity of the land.
Opposing him, MICHAEL
LIND, Policy
Director, Economic Growth/Next Social Contract Program, New America
Foundation,
promotes population expansion. Lind encourages unlimited expansion of
human
population.
Link: http:/www.economist.com/debate/overview/151?source=most_commented
Readers
from around the world weighed in with
their ideas on what our civilization faces:
Emilio
V. said, “Population growth is at the heart of most of the major
problems we
face regarding our continuance as a species. Our insistence on economic
models
of growth and population expansion will continue to hasten the
magnitude of the
problems of resource scarcity, carrying capacity, environmental
degradation,
and the effects of these problems on politics and government control of
populations. Alleviating the pressures caused by overpopulation would
result in
benefits to the majority of the world's people, probably not at first
as the
older generations will demographically outweigh younger ones, but if
growth can
be managed (a big IF) benefits would be had for all in the long run.
This is
the elephant in the room.”
William
H. said, “Your article in opednews today is right on point. Thanks for
writing.
Inasmuch as it speaks the truth, it brings to mind a few historic
comments about
the truth, namely Shopenhauer's three stages and Churchill's pithy
comments. My
view, coming from a medical, and by that biologic and evolutionary,
background,
is that, while people like you articulate the looming tragedy and
misery that
will surely ensue, the human race, bound to obey its DNA, will without
a pause,
reproduces itself into a pollution and starvation-driven
near-extinction. The charitable and "good"
among us
will only exacerbate that course by struggling with the endpoints
(starvation, pollution
and disease) while remaining emotionally incapable of focusing on the
root
cause, overpopulation. Thank you for
your effort. I will keep your website in mind in the event that some
venue
among my colleagues or other local organizations might present an
opportunity
to have you present your information. I
hope I am wrong, but everything I see from behavior and history says
that I am
not.”
Onechild
wrote, “I am an only child and the father of an only child. I want the
best for
by daughter and al life on earth. Every added child compromises the
quality of
life, and perhaps even the opportunity for existence for all species.
We will
be running out of essential resources just as our population peaks.
Nine
billion people struggling to "live off of the land", will leave
little in their wake. The ONLY solution is to humanely reduce our
population
down to the 1.5 to two billion that can truly be sustained. The longer
we let
the population overshoot go on, the faster and farther all life will
crash.”
Albert
K. said, “Wow, if there were ever a topic that needs wider discussion,
it's
that of population growth. Do world leaders and local leaders avoid
talking
about this issue because it's not important? No, they refuse to discuss
it
because it is can become personal - it's about peoples' personal
choices and
how they add up. So, what we need to do is include this in every
discussion
about climate change. And every discussion about pollution. And every
discussion about the price of commodities, hunger, species loss, etc.
The issue
of the world's population is so under-represented, it's slightly crazy.
We all
need to hear thoughts on this issue - and not just on some obscure
on-line
forum, but right on the front page of your magazine. Please don't bury
this
story, help get it out there.”
Ms.
S. wrote, “By battening off the world's resources, and congratulating
and justifying
ourselves with religious texts we composed ourselves, we rapacious apes
have
obscenely bloated our numbers. Now we're hitting the resources wall. I
can't
help but think that famine, war, and plague will decimate our
populations
before the century has ended. I just feel sorry for the other animals
and for
the wild flowers we have taken, and will take, down with us.”
Arm
R. said, “IgnorantAmerican wrote "If we can come up with a plausible
way
to colonize space, overpopulation will become a thing of the past." IF
we
had the energy available, and invented technologies that at this point
are
deemed impossible (or at least very difficult), and if Star Trek was
real, then
we might be able to do that. I'm not willing to gamble the future of my
children on some cultist technological fantasy, though.”
Common
S. wrote, “It is normal that every Chinese, Indian, Brazilian, African
etc
wishes to eventually get the same level of comfort as is available in
the
richest countries of the world. But the
earth resources are not sufficient for nine
billion people, or seven billion living
in such a way, even we come up with clever solutions like renewable
energy and
eco-design, for part of our consumption. Since
we cannot go backwards, the only way is
to go forwards in our control of nature by learning to control the
ultimate
thing, the number of humans on earth, before nature fights back, and
either
starves us through food depletion connected to climate change or
reduces our
numbers through one or more HxNx virus, like any ordinary animal
species.”
You
might join this debate by your letters to the editor in your local
newspapers. You may spur NPR to
investigate. You might encourage your
local PBS station to run a series. You
might email your local radio talk show to invite
population/environmental
guests onto their shows
Today,
the United States grows as the third fastest country in the world on
its way to
adding 100 million people via immigration by 2035 and 138 million by
2050. Our civilization lacks the water, energy
and
resources to maintain our current standard of
living. Such a huge population
growth guarantees loss of standard of living, quality of life, degraded
environment, massive species extinction rates, water scarcity, energy
crises
and a Pandora’s Box of multiple consequences.
You
may ask the question: “Do I want my children living in this country
with
another added 100 million people.”
I
suggest the answer is a loud and definite, “NO!”
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To
take action: First and
foremost, join www.numbersusa.com and
become one of nearly a million Americans making impact with pre-written
faxes
and phone calls to change immigration policies toward a stable future.
Bi-partisan and highly effective!
Second,
join www.thesocialcontract.com for
up to date information via the Social Contract Quarterly. Exceptional
publication to keep you informed.
www.fairus.org
; www.vdare.com
; www.alipac.us
; www.firecoalition.com
; www.cairco.org
; www.limitstogrowth.com
; www.capsweb.org
; www.populationmedia.org
; www.worldpopulationbalance.org
; LimitsToGrowth.org
America
on the Brink: The Next Added 100
Million Americans by
Frosty Wooldridge.
This book covers all the ramifications of adding 100 million people to
the USA
in the next 26 years by 2035.
Visit
this site for a rendition of Colorado
Governor Lamm’s speech: “How to Destroy America”
http://usawakeup.org/HowToDestroyAmerica.htm
Must
see DVD: “Blind Spot”
This
movie illustrates America’s
future without oil, water and other resources to keep this civilization
functioning. It’s a brilliant educational movie!
In
Canada: Tim Murray,
Director
Immigration Watch Canada www.immigrationwatch.org
Vice
President Biodiversity First http://biodiversityfirst.googlepages.com/index.htm
Blog
http://sinkinglifeboat.blogspot.com
Watch
the DVD movie: “Blind Spot”—Exceptional movie
with top scientists candidly discussion what we face as a civilization
if we
continue on our hyper-population growth path. www.blindspotdoc.com
Please
visit Annie Leonard at www.storyofstuff.com for a
compelling
and highly interesting 20 minute video concerning our high consumption,
highly
wasteful and unsustainable society. She educates and provides avenues
for
you to make a difference.
Visit
this web site by Chris Martenson: http://www.chrismartenson.com/environmental_data
In
Colorado: visit www.soprisfoundation.org
for
information how you can network with like-minded folks to create a more
sustainable future for Colorado and other states.
View
CNN’s “Planet in Peril” with Anderson
Cooper and Lisa Ling:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/planet.in.peril/
Ghost
of Thomas Paine—compelling video of
common sense
http://www.lawatchdog.com/index.html#anchor_2296
BARACK
HUSSEIN OBAMA:
D.C.:
(202)224-2854 [email protected]
Books
to read: “The Long Emergency”
by James Howard Kunstler
“Peak
Everything” by Richard Heinberg
“Too
Many People” by Lindsey Grant
Become a member of “Frosty’s Press Agent Corps” whereby you volunteer a
few
hours to send out emails to top TV and radio hosts to offer top
speakers on
America’s overpopulation crisis driven by unending immigration. Email [email protected]
and receive two
informational letters showing you exactly what to do.
Roy
Beck's "IMMIGRATION BY THE
NUMBERS" is the single best educational appreciation of America's
future
if we allow ourselves to add another 100 million people. Just click on
this
site for the most sobering experience of your children's future.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094926727128068265&q=roy+beck&hl=en
Roy
Beck gives a graphic presentation of
our fate if we continue to allow legal and illegal immigration to swamp
this
country. If you have children, you will be particular unnerved at their
fate. I
know Roy Beck personally and his integrity and knowledge stand at the
top. Pass
this web site 14 minute video far and wide across America to educate
everyone
you know. We either stop this human tsunami or the future of this
country will
be much like Rome's. We must, as a nation and a civilization, move to
secure
our country from this massive, unrelenting population overload from a
line that
never ends. This will be the most compelling 14 minute video of your
life.
Once
you see it, go to my web site for
action items www.frostywooldridge.com
and join www.numbersusa.com to
become a weekly faxer of pre written letters and join the phone calling
teams.
Bob
Woodruff of ABC asked input from all citizens concerning the future of
our
planet. Go to www.earth2100.tv for a sobering reality check as to
what we face and to
what I have been writing about for the past 20 years. Our ‘window’ to
change to a balanced population and non-polluting energy diminishes
every day
we listen to irresponsible media and thus ignore the blatant symptoms
manifesting all over America and the planet.
From:
Frosty Wooldridge
This
three minute interview with Adam
Schrager on “Your Show” May 4, 2008, NBC Channel 9 News, addresses the
ramifications of adding 120 million people to USA in 35 years and six
million people to Colorado as to water shortages, air pollution, loss
of
farmland, energy costs and degradation of quality of life. In the
interview, Frosty Wooldridge explains the ramifications of adding 120
million
people to the USA in 35 years. He advances new concepts such as a
“Colorado
Carrying Capacity Policy”; “Colorado Environmental Impact Policy”;
“Colorado
Water Usage Policy”; “Colorado Sustainable Population Policy”.
Nationally, the USA needs a "National Sustainable Population Policy"
to determine the carrying capacity of this nation for the short and
long term.
Wooldridge is available for interviews on radio and TV having
interviewed on
ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX.
Go
to: www.frostywooldridge.com and click on “Audio/Video” tab
Frosty
Wooldridge has bicycled across six
continents – from the Arctic to the South Pole – as well as six times
across
the USA, coast to coast and border to border. In 2005, he bicycled
from
the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. He presents “The Coming
Population
Crisis in America: and what you can do about it” to civic clubs, church
groups,
high schools and colleges. He works to bring about sensible world
population balance at www.frostywooldridge.com
What is the Story of Stuff?
Glenn
Beck: New Republic America's Future http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=40EBD56A974D91C6
