Even though this weeks topic is in a different section of the textbook than last weeks topic they seem to be interconnected hence Professor Vaughn content is a change in the syllabus. by inserting it after Do We Have a Population Problem? in light of that change I am going to start out with part of one of my replys to one of last weeks posts Since the Industrial Revolution the worlds human population has gone from 700 million to over 7 billion without getting into all the projections that are out there would it not make sense that if in the last 200 plus years the human population has grown by a factor of 10 that in the next 200 plus yeas it could also grow by a factor of 10 or to 70 billion I am writing a paper for my CHM 1100 General Chemistry 1 classtitled Paul T. Anastas and John C. Warner The Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry which is also known as sustainable chemistry that ties into two of this weeks questions 2. What is wrong with the statement that there is no population because all of Earths human population could fit inside the state of Texas? and 3. What does population have to do with sustainability? once more would it not make sense that the amount of space required to sustain each human is greater than the square footage of how many people can stand in an area wall to wall with that line of thought I listed below the link to a site of a documentary film titled Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret which is on Netflix along with some of their figures of how much area is required for agriculture that is exacerbated by livestock (there is a lot of Anthropogenic Global Warming figures along with unsustainable natural resources data on the web site listed under The Facts go figure on that heading which I will not list as they are more reverent to last weeks topic such as GREENHOUSE GASES WATER WASTE LAND OCEANS RAINFOREST Wildlife and HUMANITY even though the two topics are inter woven) keeping in mind that there is only so much arable land available of which in this country we continue to build housing on in an misguided attempt to avoid other groups of people whom eventually follow no matter how far out you build suburbs surrounding our citys (urban sprawl) I have also listed links to the two authors articles that are used in this weeks section of the text book only included for a more in-depth understanding of the section we are covering this week as in the material I posted in the discussion board every other week if you are so inclined to read as it has been my experience in the six years I have been taking classes at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies that the weekly discussions are for open academic communication and learning between students as a major part of online learning which should not cause problems that require only a private email discussion forum with our professors in closing it has not been my attempt to show bias to the resent past and present presidential administrations that might offend any other students (as myself I am a conflicted registered republican whom voted for both [without cheating] past presidential candidates one candidate because I do not support Ohios governor whom won the primary in his home state anyways and the second candidate due to my belief that health care insurance providers should not be able to exclude people based on preexisting medical conditions) only to bring forth facts on their past legacy and present potential environmental records.
http://www.cowspiracy.com/
LAND
Livestock or livestock feed occupies 1/3 of the earths ice-free land.
FAO. Livestock a major threat to environment
Livestock covers 45% of the earths total land.
Thornton Phillip Mario Herrero and Polly Ericksen. Livestock and Climate Change. Livestock Exchange no. 3 (2011).
IPCC AR5 WG# Chapter 11 Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Us (AFOLU)
[the two above figures contradict each other as figures dont lie but liars figure]
2-5 acres of land are used per cow.
The Diverse Structure and Organization of U.S. Beef Cow-Calf Farms / EIB-73: study by USDA – Economic Research Service ( for acres/cow- pages 12 and 13)
Oppenlander Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local Eating Less Meat and Taking Baby Steps Wont Work.
Minneapolis MN: Langdon Street 2013. Print.
Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture.
The US lower 48 states represents 1.9 billion acres. Of that 1.9 billion acres: 778 million acres of private land are used for livestock grazing (forest grazing pasture grazing and crop grazing) 345 million acres for feed crops 230 million acres of public land are used for grazing livestock.
U.S. extrapolated data from EPA Land Uses.
Versterby Marlow; Krupa Kenneth. Major uses of land in the United States. Updated 2012. USDA Economic Research Service.
USDA Major Uses of Land in the United States 1997.
Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars UN report warns. UN News Centre 2006.
1/3 of the planet is desertified with livestock as the leading driver. [xviii]
UN launches international year of deserts and desertification. UN news centre 2006.
Oppenlander Richard A. Less Meat and Taking Baby Steps Wont Work. Minneapolis MN : Langdon Street 2013. Print.
UWC Desertification.
The Encyclopedia of Earth Overgrazing.
UN Desertification Drought Affect One Third of Planet Worlds Poorest People Second Committee Told as It Continues Debate on Sustainable Development.
An article that explains desertification and livestocks role:
OCEANS
90-100 million tons of fish are pulled from our oceans each year. [vii]
World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture. UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). 2012. (pg 6 20)
Montaigne fen. Still waters: The global fish crisis. National Geographic.
Fish catch peaks at 85 million tons.
World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture. UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). 2012.
[the two above figures contradict each other as figures dont lie but liars figure]
RAINFOREST
1-2 acres of rainforest are cleared every second.
Avoiding Unsustainable Rainforest Wood. Rainforest Relief.
Facts about the rainforest.
Rainforest facts.
World Resources Institute Keeping Options Alive.
HUMANITY
World population in 1812: 1 billion; 1912: 1.5 billion; 2012: 7 billion.
Human numbers through time. Nova science programming.
Harvesting the Biosphere: The Human ImpactVaclav Smil
We are currently growing enough food to feed 10 billion people.
Common Dreams We Already Grow Enough Food for 10 Billion People and Still Cant End Hunger.
Cornell Chronicle U.S. could feed 800 million people with grain that livestock eat Cornell ecologist advises animal scientists.
IOP Science Redefining agricultural yields: from tonnes to people nourished per hectare
World Population grows 228000+ people everyday.
https://www.populationinstitute.org/programs/gpso/gpso/
World Population Data Sheet
Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:
Vegan: 1/6th acre
Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan
Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan [xvii]
Robbins John. Diet for a New America StillPoint Publishing 1987 p. 352
Our food our future. Earthsave.
PNAS. Land irrigation water greenhouse gas and reactive nitrogen burdens of meat eggs and dairy production in the United States
Soy Benefits. National Soybean Research Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
Direct Seeded Vegetable Crops Johnny Seeds.
1.5 acres can produce 37000 pounds of plant-based food.
1.5 acres can produce 375 pounds of meat.
Oppenlander Richard A. Less Meat and Taking Baby Steps Wont Work. Minneapolis MN : Langdon Street 2013. Print.
Direct Seeded Vegetable Crops Johnny Seeds.
USDA NASS One Acre of Washington’s farmers land
Iowa State University Animal Industry Report 2012.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140920-population-11billion-demographics-anthropocene/#close
National Geographic
As Worlds Population Booms Will Its Resources Be Enough for Us?
New projections of escalating growth increase the tension between humanitys expanding needs and what the planet can provide.
Dennis Dimick
September 21 2014

Population, Economy, and God

The American Spectator
Edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
Population Economy and God
Tom Bethell
May 12 2009