nowhere. 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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