Overpopulation Is Not A Problem

Today the planet faces an immense problem , overpopulation. Overpopulation is not something that is fictional, it’s real and it’s happening. There are some who believe that overpopulation is not a problem ,and that we as a human race can handle it. It’s true that as humans we can handle most things because we adapt to our situation whatever it may be, by letting it change us or we change it. However this particular situation, overpopulation is something that can and will conquer us. To find balance, I believe that something will happen , a catastrophe on a global scale that will eradicate the extra human bodies. Overpopulation is problematic because it will cause further problems like poverty, shortage of resources, and affect the environment …show more content…
The world’s population is growing faster than it’s depleting. Currently there are hungry people in the world about eight hundred million to be exact and those eight hundred million people are suffering because they have nothing to eat or drink. There is nothing to drink because there is no clean water for them to drink. With no other options left those people drink unclean water and get sick. The world currently is not equipped to handle more people, if it can’t even care for the eight hundred million it currently has with nothing to eat or drink. Water is a reducing resource. Gradually, even the countries who have plenty of water will start to feel the effects of not having enough water because of the overpopulation. The human race is greedy. It’s in our nature, so we take more and more things we want without replenishing them as fast as we are taking them. With seven billion people in the whole world and almost one billion of those people have nothing to survive on, how will another three billion make it better? It won’t, if anything it will make it worse. With the growing number of people more houses must be built to accommodate those people. For that to happen we must use land for space to build those buildings. Where will we get that land? Let’s cut down more trees and get rid of the forests, building houses is more important. After all those new houses will bring in more money by the inhabitants. The growing population will deplete our limited resources that are currently in the world. Fuel, oil, and coal are being used like candy. Those resources are not unlimited there is a stopping point. If there is enough food in the world to feed nine billion people how come eight hundred million is hungry? Simple, humans are greedy selfish creatures who want everything and give nothing in return. With the growing population the environment