The Ever Growing Population

A prime factor of the greater demand of food production is the ever growing population. As it stands

today there are over 7.2 billion people in the world at this moment. It is growing at a rate of 1.1%

per year or 75 million annually. In ecology it is understood that when the population of a species of

animal is growing, the amount of food available to support the population growth rate begins to

diminish and as the food starts to slowly decline the population of the species also begins to decline

mainly due to starvation and malnourishment. While the population is low the food is once again

given a chance to increase, thus allowing the species to once again increase. It is a weighing scale

constantly trying to balance itself

In 1900 for every urban citizen there was 6.7 people living rurally, in 2013 it was

recorded that for every urban citizen there was less than one person living rurally. In 2025 it is

determined that the ratio will be 3 to 2 for every urban to rural.

Inhumanely the solution to the problem with overpopulation would be for nature to take its course

and allow for the starvation of millions even billions but no government would allow that.

Alternatively we would all have to work together in unison and change our diets for the greater

good. Ireland alone has access to too much but does not compare to the likes of The United States of

America. If less food was being consumed then there would be less need for the massive amounts of

food being produced globally already. In turn there would be knock on effects that would help in the

long run such as a cut down on carbon emissions from factories and fossil fuels used in tractors and

combine harvesters. The fewer crops that are needed for food can be used for bio fuels. Ethanol

made from the kernels of corn accounted for 94% of all biofuels while the remaining six percent was

biodiesel made from mostly vegetable oils. In 2008 all British petrol and diesel was to contain 2.5