Submitted by Staff on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 22:03.
Overpopulation is currently one of the most controversial and critical topics of debate. With a sharp rise in food prices, lack of fresh water and food, ecosystems that are literally collapsing, and concrete suburbs that replace wild nature, the problem of unlimited human expansion is one of the biggest problems humanity today has to face. Like with many other sensitive topics, there are those who remain critical and even deny that overpopulation is a problem. In this document we will address the most popular and wide-spread myths about overpopulation and related issues.
Read more about the common misconceptions around overpopulation here.
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Obesity hurts us through excess consumption of resources
The team found that obese people require 1,680 daily calories to sustain normal energy and another 1,280 to maintain daily activities - a fifth more than normal.
The higher consumption of food has a two-fold effect, researchers said.
First of all the increasing demand for food, drives up production.
This means that agricultural processes are using more oil to meet demand, which contributes to the rising cost of fuel.
The cost of fuel is then passed on in the cost of food, making it more difficult for poorer areas to afford it.
What is more, the researchers said obese people are likely to rely on transport more and put more strain on that transport because of their mass, which again drives up prices and usage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7404268.stm
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Bravo, could not of said it better myself. I think the people behind human rights should get their head out of their ass and tell the dumb fucks that want nothing more than to have a load of kids(that further deplete precious resources we have left on the planet), to think of the big picture before our world leaders force us into death camps, enough said.