PLANET OF DOOM

SO, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW THIS IS GONNA GO, SO I'M JUST GONNA WING IT.  I'VE HEARD THAT THE MAIN ISSUE CONCERNING MANKIND AND THE EARTH IS, THE PROBLEM OF OVERPOPULATION.  THERE SIMPLY ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET, AND THE NUMBERS ARE GROWING CONSISTENTLY EACH YEAR.  CONSIDERING THAT WE LIVE ON A PLANET, WITH FINITE RESOURCES, IT COULD VERY WELL SPELL DOOM FOR THE VERY PEOPLE WHO INHABIT THIS WONDERFUL PLANET.  WITH PEOPLE INHABITING EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH AND USING VARIOUS RESOURCES, UNSPARINGLY, IT NOW BECOMES A ISSUE OF HOW LONG BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF THOSE VALUABLE RESOURCES WE SO DESPERATELY RELY ON.  SOME WOULD SAY THAT WHAT WE NEED IS POPULATION CONTROL.  FOR INSTANCE, IF EVERYONE JUST STOPPED HAVING BABIES FOR AWHILE, THEN MAYBE, WE COULD GET THIS PLANET SITUATION BACK UNDER CONTROL.  ALSO, THE FLIPSIDE AND OFT MORE DARKER NOTION, IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE TO GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL.  NOW, IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE CURRENT ISSUES FACING OUR WORLD TODAY, YOU COULD EASILY SEE HOW THE LATTER OF THE IDEAS, SEEMS TO BE IN EFFECT. 

NOW, I KNOW THE RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS WILL TELL YOU THAT GOD, HAS EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL, AND THAT HE WILL SAVE THE PLANET.  HOWEVER, THE PLANET AND MANKIND ALONG WITH IT, HAVE BEEN ON A STEADY DECLINE, FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW....WITHOUT, ANY EVIDENCE OF BEING SAVED FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION.  SO, AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS SCIENTIFICALLY.  SCIENCE, WOULD SAY THAT, SOME OF THE POPULACE EITHER NEEDS TO STOP REPRODUCING OR DIE.  IT'S BEEN SAID THAT MANKIND, IS LIKENED, TO A VIRUS/DISEASE THAT SPREADS ON A HOST.  I CAN SEE HOW THIS COULD BE TRUE, IF YOU SIMPLY JUST LOOK AT THE FACTS.  HUMANITY, HAS VIRTUALLY SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE GLOBE, AND EACH PLACE THAT THEY GO, THEY GOBBLE UP THE LAND, AND LOCAL RESOURCES.  WITH EACH NEW DISCOVERED LANDSCAPE, THERE IS SOMEONE WAITING IN THE WINGS, TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT PARTICULAR MARKET.  IF YOU PUT A HOUSE THERE, YOU NEED A PLACE TO GO FOR FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, ETC., AND A ROAD TO GET YOU THERE.  THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL, I SUPPOSE.  HOWEVER, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT HUMANITY HAS A WAY OF DESTROYING WHAT IT TOUCHES.

SO, THE POPULAR SOLUTIONS, IN SOME PEOPLES MIND'S, IS THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE TO DIE, OR STOP HAVING CHILDREN.  YES, THERE ARE EFFORTS, TO HELP CURB THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH, BUT, THESE DON'T SEEM TO CATCH ON VERY WELL.  NOW, THERE'S TALK OF INHABITING ANOTHER PLANET?  FIRST OFF, ONLY THE BEST, BRIGHTEST, AND RICHEST, WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE TREK TO THIS NEW PLANET, WHICH CAUSES A HUGE RIFT IN SOCIETY BETWEEN RICH AND POOR, DISENFRANCHISED AND ENTITLED.  THIS WOULD SOLVE A LARGE ISSUE, AS FAR AS POPULATION GOES, BUT, IN WHAT CONDITION ARE THEY GOING TO LEAVE THE EARTH?  WE ALL KNOW, THAT ONCE A SMALL POPULACE LEAVES THIS PLANET, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LOOK BACK, AND WE WILL BE FORCED TO FEND FOR OURSELVES.  THE MOVIE ELYSIUM, HAS ELUDED TO THIS, SO HAS 2012, AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS.  LET'S FACE IT, NOT ALL OF US, ARE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO.  SURE, WE WOULD WANT OUR KIDS TO GO, BUT, IF IT CAME DOWN TO A KARDASHAIN AND YOUR KID, WHO DO YOU THINK IS GETTING ON THAT SHUTTLE KIDS?  OF COURSE SOME WILL SAY, IT'S SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, DARWIN AT IT'S BEST, BUT, WE ALL KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FITTEST, AS MUCH AS IT IS RICHEST.

SO, WHAT THEN?  IF KILLING OFF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IS SCIENTIFICALLY PLAUSIBLE AND SO IS HINDERING REPRODUCTION, HOWEVER, IT IS WIDELY FROWNED UPON, DUE TO A INFRINGEMENT ON OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS....THEN WHAT ARE WE AS A CIVILIZATION TO DO?  I BELIEVE, WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AS A WHOLE, IF WE PLAN TO LIVE HERE INFINITELY.  THE EARTH IS CONSISTENTLY REACTING TO THE HUMANITY THAT OCCUPIES IT.  WE NO LONGER REVERE, THE SACREDNESS OF THE PLANET WE OCCUPY, AND INSTEAD, ARE SIMPLY GOING TO LOOK FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE.  THINK OF HOW MANY JOBS COULD BE CREATED IN SIMPLY TRYING CLEAN UP AND STABILIZE THE EARTH.  THERE IS A WHOLE ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO JOBS, OR HORRIBLE LOW PAYING JOBS, THAT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE A GOOD LIVING, IF TRAINED PROPERLY TO PERFORM JOBS, THAT ENSURE A HEALTHIER PLANET.  COMPANIES COULD SIMPLY INVEST IN THIS, OR START NEW COMPANIES, THAT ENSURE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT AS A WHOLE.  I WOULD THINK IF THE ENTIRE PLANET WERE A LITTLE MORE, ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY SAVE THIS PLACE.  MAYBE.

AND THAT'S A BIG MAYBE.  IF YOU CONSIDER ALL THE PROBLEMS ON THE EARTH, NOT INCLUDING THE CORRUPTION OF MANKIND TOWARD EACH OTHER, BUT, JUST THE EARTH RELATED PROBLEMS.  YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THEY ARE MAN MADE.  IT SHOULD BE UP TO MANKIND TO RECTIFY THOSE PROBLEMS.  IT SHOULDN'T BE AN OPTION LIKE IT IS NOW, IT SHOULD BE A STANDARD LAWFULLY.  IT SHOULD BE POLITICALLY CORRECT.  IT SHOULD BE FASHIONABLE.  ALL INDUSTRIES SHOULD PUSH TOWARD, THIS MANNER OF THINKING, AND, CREATE JOBS AND MARKETS, THAT CONTINUE IN THIS VEIN, UNTIL STABILITY IS REACHED.  AFTER THAT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAINTENANCE.  IF WE MADE ALL OF OUR TRASH, OR EVEN HALF, OUT OF BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS, THEN IT WOULDN'T MATTER WHERE WE THREW IT, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY IT WOULD DECOMPOSE.  THIS IS AN INDUSTRY, IF WE AS A SPECIES ARE WILLING TO SEE IT THAT WAY.  IN THE END, BY EVERYBODY, FROM MANUFACTURERS TO CONSUMERS, TOOK PART IN THIS, THEN WE COULD CONTINUE TO LIVE, PROSPER, AND FOR THOSE BUSINESSES, CONTINUE TO PROFIT.  IT IS NOT THE DESTRUCTION OF CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE OPERATED THIS WAY FOR YEARS, BUT, RATHER A SHIFT IN THINKING.  OTHERWISE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP HAVING BABIES, AND START KILLING THE DICK OUT OF EACH OTHER.....OH......WAIT.    - 925