Will the World Starve1
Looking out a window upon a barren desert, a dry wasteland unfolds as a carpet tonowhere. Abandoned cities dot the horizon, as the ruins speak volumes to the once populated extravagance of a country which lived on wealth and opportunity. The vision just described is not one out of a Hollywood movie script, but one that is not only possible but probable. Currently, the world population numbers over six billion, with China alone cradling over one-sixth of the world's total population. With the world population increasing at a rate of one hundred million a year, the numbers are expected to hit ten billion by the end of 2040. Most scientists agree that the maximum number of people that the earth can sustain is fifteen billion, leaving the earth in a quandary before the end of the twenty-first century when the total world population is expected to reach a staggering sixteen to eighteen billion. The consumption of the world's natural resources due to this exponential growth could result in worldwide famine, a complete breakdown in the world market, uncontrollable outbreaks of disease, and widespread crime and disorder. Currently, the ratio of land which can be used for agricultural end
destruction of the world's forests due to over-population and over-consumption, a economy. Food shortages, lack of domestic trade products, and low incomes for farmers lack of topsoil, and a completely over-populated planet, anthropologists have agreed that
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Approximate Word count = 1294
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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