The sad truth...

It is so true that we are creating this inconvenient population explosion in our world as we know it. Humans consume so much and we continue to pay the price with such high demands and as a result there will be an enormous lack of resources necessary for sustainability on earth. Because of the fact that we all find certain wants and needs, it may sometimes not seem as though we are decreasing our life and depleting the abundance of natural materials and environmental characteristics. The increasing rate of population will only add to the problems we face today and prolong the time spent on trying to improve our lives. Poverty in many countries is dominating their population and in some cases, a decrease in birth rate, such as in Japan, isn't helping either. It's unbelievable to think about the billons of dollars humans spend on materials, both necessary and unnecessary. Wasting essential products and not controling rapid growth rates of areas such as population, are not only occuring today, but will have a negative effect on the future if we cannot change our ways.