Ehrlich's Population Bomb

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be depleted. Ehrlich uses historical population
research to lead to the conclusion that in 90 years the population could be well
over the earths carrying capacity. In third world countries where population
control is rarely used population, pollution, and scarcity are becoming ever
increasing problems. Roughly 40% of the population in third world countries are
children 15 years or older. Ehrlich explains that if population growth
continues at this rate older generations will find themselves without adequate
food and medicine. Near the end of the chapter Ehrlich explains the cause of
the massive increase in population growth; as he explains that science and
medicine have decreased the death rate exponentially while the birth rate has
not decreased. In "Too Little Food" Ehrlich starts off with the assumption that
about 50% of the people in the world are in some degree malnourished. He uses
statistics from "New Republic" and the Population Crisis Committee to put the
number of ...

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surpluses are gone. Our agriculture is already highly efficient so
that the prospects of massively increasing production are dim. And the problems
of food transports are vast. No responsible person thinks that the US can save
the world from famine with food exports, although there is considerable debate
as to how long we can put off the day of reckoning. In the final part of
chapter one Ehrlich states all the problems that overpopulation has created.
One of the first problems is the environmental consequences of agriculture.
Even the US in facing problems maintaing our massive food production; erosion,
strip-mining, and gullying have become pressing problems facing the ...

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