Earth's Population reached ONE BILLION PEOPLE for the first time in 1804.
It took 123 YEARS to reach the second billion, in 1927.
The next BILLION people took only 33 years more!
BUT HERE IS WHERE IT GETS CRAZY!
Since 1960, it's taken, on average, about 12 or 13 years for each new BILLION people!
THIS SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO EVERYONE!
In the most simplistic terms, an exploding population means increasing global demand and competition for the finite resources of our planet.
The easy-to-get, cheap, abundant energy resources are depleting, as are many other valuable earth materials necessary for everything from construction to the manufacture of electronics, batteries and pharmaceuticals.
Many countries, especially the United States, China, Russia and India are scrambling to secure their rights to all possible sources of energy and earth materials, wherever they may exist on or in the Earth.
To understand our UNFOLDING GLOBAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS...
"What percent of Americans are in poverty?" Google responded: 13.5% (as of 2015)
"How much of the world's population is in poverty?" Google responded "At least 80%"
While about 88% of Americans own a car, as little as 10% or less own a car in India.
There are many more shocking statistics like these, if you care to do the research.
Perhaps the most important factor in EVERYTHING, is oil and liquid fuels.
We could have a very long conversation about oil. Peak oil, depleting reserves, fracking, extraction of oil from Canada's "tar sands," decreasing EROEI (Energy Return on Energy Invested), ponzi-like financing of frackers, and so on.
We could also spend days talking about our flawed financial system, and the LOOMING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS.
In addition to world resource limitations, we've got debt that can never be paid, corruption, fraud, inefficiencies and incompetence throughout the entire financial system.
The following events are becoming more likely every day:
- Soaring Energy Costs
- Energy Shortages (Specifically Oil and Gasoline)
- Food Shortages, and skyrocketing food costs
- Hyperinflation
- War and Terrorist Activities
- Increasing Healthcare Costs
- Lower Standard of Living (in the US)
- Economic Collapse, Crash, Reset, or Transition
- Federal Reserve Eliminated or Restructured
- Stock Market Crash
Summary:
ENORMOUS CHALLENGES are a certainty, and they're NOT in the distant future. 2008 was a preview, and nothing was really fixed.
Like water backing up behind a failing dam - the longer it takes to break, the worse it's going to be!