The Controversy Of Overpopulation

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If everybody were able to live forever, overpopulation would be a big issue. With so many people living, but not dying, we’d need more resources like food, water, and space. For more food, more factories will need to open up to process and package those foods for import. More water would mean expensive densification plants would need to open up for only 3% of the Earth’s water is drinkable. A greater population would mean we’d need more space. To meet the requirements for space, we’d need to go into space to make other planets habitable. This will result in greater amounts of money being used for scientific research, and after the research is done, we’ll need even more money for fuel, metal, and other parts needed for multiple space launches

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