Effects of Overpopulation

The authors of this article explain the possible economic and environmental crisis's we face from overpopulation. There view is a futuristic perspective on the things we would not plan for resulting from overpopulation. They explain that with overpopulation there will be a higher rate of unemployment because there simply would not be enough jobs. They go on to stretch the idea that with high unemployment eventually leads to higher crime rates.

Regardless if the crime rates would increase or not the concern is still lingering because no one knows what will happen when the time comes. What we do know is that with an exponentially growing population we are for certain forced to consume more resources to sustain the population. Annually humans consume over 16 million hectares of arable land with 2 billion(ha) already destroyed, 1 hectare is equivalent to 10000 square meters of land.

The United States and China have already consumed 51% of the earths fossil fuels. This means that less than half remains for everyone to use. With India as the most rapid growing country this number comes under even greater threat as we approach the turn of the century.