- In the early years of the 21st century, the United
States continues on a course toward adding another 100 million people by
2035. (Source: "US Population Projections" by Fogel/Martin, PEW
Report, U.S. Census Bureau) Beyond that, population projections show America
doubling its current populace to 600 million in the latter half of this
century. At the same time, the world demographic figures show an added
three billion humans to planet Earth by 2050.
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- With accelerating 'symptoms' exploding across America
and the world via water and food shortages, species extinction rates, energy
crises, climate destabilization, ocean dead zones and more ramifications
on multiple levels-we find ourselves passengers within a civilization that
parallels the metaphor of the Titanic. If you remember, on April 14, 1912,
the RMS Titanic, the finest steamship of its era, on its maiden voyage,
sped too fast and arrogantly through iceberg infested waters of the North
Atlantic. It hit one and sank-to become one of the greatest tragedies
that didn't have to happen in the 20th century.
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- Our own grave overpopulation crisis need not manifest
within the United States, either, if we change course. Like Captain Edward
John Smith of the Titanic, he could have slowed down or steamed further
south to avoid his fate.
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- The United States could also change course and avoid
adding 100 million people within the next 25 years. However, no American
leaders step up to the microphone with any concern. The passengers of
our American civilization continue 'trusting' their leaders similarly to
the passengers on the Titanic. "Captain Smith knows what he is doing,"
they said. "Our U.S. Congress and president must know what they are
doing," citizens lament.
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- But like Titanic's Captain Smith, the U.S. Congress and
president of the United States-don't know what they are doing.
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- This 30 part series will explain exactly what few Americans
understand as well as the accelerating ramifications of adding 100 million
people to the USA in 25 years. It will educate you from the finest minds
in the 21st century such as Dr. Diana Hull, Dr. Albert Bartlett, Dr.
William Catton, Dr. Joseph Tainter, Governor Richard D. Lamm and dozens
of other leaders in the demographic field. Hopefully, at the end of each
part in the series, you will be able to take action that 'forces' the Congress
and president toward a sustainable future. You will be able to join website
organizations that will empower you toward collective action of like-minded
and well-educated citizens that care about the future of this civilization.
You might say that you're taking action for your kids.
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- In all great social change, it takes a 'consciousness
shift' of becoming aware, which then leads to a 'critical mass shift' of
activated citizens, that ultimately moves toward 'tipping point' whereby
a civilization moves toward a more positive future. Examples abound with
Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, Susan B. Anthony
winning the vote and rights for women, Gandhi in India and Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. for bringing human rights to all people within The United States.
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- UNENDING POPULATION GROWTH ON A FINITE PLANET CANNOT
CONTINUE
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- In "Matters of Conscience", January 2010, <www.centerforpublicconscience.org ,
by Bromwell Ault, "Ours is a world of extreme and imminent danger.
It crackles with messages of political, economic and religious conflict
and, when tensions build and words fail, as they often do, violence is
visited by one group upon another. If that were not enough, our planet
shudders from spasms with changes in technology, population, wealth distribution
and our natural environment."
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- You may notice newspapers, environmental magazines like
Sierra Club and National Public Radio addressing growing 'symptoms' brought
about by overpopulation. But, you will never hear them connect the dots
as to hyper-population growth. In fact, they avoid any mention of their
'sacred cow' of world filled with too many people. Obviously, religious,
political and racial ramifications enter into the passions of this issue.
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- In the 16th century, men like Galileo found themselves
under house arrest via the Catholic Church, because they 'bucked' the conventional
wisdom with their research. They called him a "heretic." Ultimately,
the Pope lost because Galileo proved that the earth revolved around the
sun. Today, if anyone speaks up against mass immigration into the United
Kingdom, France, Holland, Canada or the United States-the term "racist"
echoes from every quarter.
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- Ironically, those immigrants flee overpopulated countries
where average annual death rates from starvation and related diseases exceed
18 million people. (Source: World Health Organization) Worse, third world
countries add 77 million people net gain annually to our finite planet.
Thus, they form an endless line of desperate refugees. In the end, Mother
Nature doesn't care about anyone's race, creed or color-she's an equal
opportunity grim reaper for anyone that exceeds carrying capacity.
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- WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WHAT CAN BE DONE?
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- The late oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau said, "We
must alert and organize the world's people to pressure world leaders to
take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises-exploding
population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources.
Over consumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem
we face today."
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- If any of us, no matter what our race, creed or color
might be, refuse to engage our U.S. Congress as we have not for 30 years
as to the immigration equation-our children will find themselves living
in a terribly degraded America where the American Dream will be described
by the history books as a 'fleeting fantasy' from the era of 1950 to 2010.
These are several of the top organizations where you can take collective
action to change the course of American history.
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- Frosty Wooldridge, math teacher, has bicycled across
six continents from the Arctic to the South Pole as well as
six times across the USA, coast to coast and border to border. In 2005,
he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. He presents
"The Coming Population Crisis in America: and what you can do about
it" to civic clubs, church groups, high schools and colleges. He
works to bring about sensible world population balance at www.frostywooldridge.com
He is the author of: America on the Brink: The Next Added 100
Million Americans. Copies available: 1 888 280 7715
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