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By Frosty Wooldridge

“Water is essential for all dimensions of life. Over the past few decades, use of water has increased, and in many places water availability is falling to crisis levels. More than eighty countries, with forty percent of the world’s population, are already facing water shortages, while in this century the world’s population will double. The quality of water in rivers and underground has deteriorated, due to pollution by waste and contaminants from cities, industry and agriculture. Over one billion people lack safe water, and three billion lack sanitation; eighty per cent of infectious diseases are waterborne, killing millions of children each year.”

World Bank Institute

We owe our children, and theirs— a sustainable future. We owe our planet-home reasonable and responsible behavior that complies with the laws of nature. As the most prolific species on earth, are we facing our realities?

First question: what provides the most important aspect of human existence? Answer: clean water!

The latest warning signs manifested at Lake Lanier, Georgia in November 2007. If ever a wake-up call, the vanishing waters of the lake portend water shortages for five million people--today. Nonetheless, the Peach State expects to grow from nine million people in 2007 to 16.4 million by 2050. Hello! Knock, knock! Anybody at home?

Charles Gibson, anchor for ABC World News Tonight, February 8, 2008, said, “Scientists say Lake Mead, which provides water for millions in the west, expects to go dry by 2023. It’s caused by drought, climate change and human population growth.”

Colorado State University professor Neil S. Grigg wrote in the Denver Post, “Not a Drop to Spare”, February 17, 2008, said, “Colorado’s water supplies are nearing their limits, and there is little hope for new sources. What’s next?”

None of those experts reported that Georgia’s current population of 8.5 million would double to 16.4 million in four decades. Colorado’s expects to double from 4.6 to 9.8 million. California’s expects to add 20 million in 30 years. Never once did any of the experts pin the needle on the population donkey! It makes you wonder; who made overpopulation a sacred, untouchable cow? Why? Who do they expect to benefit?

Growth and rampant population

As you appreciate, ‘carrying capacity’ becomes the most important phrase in our 21st century vocabulary. It entails the amount of human and animal life a limited area of land can sustain in perpetuity.

As this population overload advances, we face major water dilemmas.

Scientists expect increased evaporation and drier soils leading to more severe and frequent droughts. Hoerling said, “Droughts could be 25 percent worse than the 1930s Dust Bowl days.”

Who stands to suffer the greatest risk? Today, citizens downstream of the Colorado River devour 13.5 million acre feet of the river. Bob Raynolds of NOAA said, “We’re going to have to adapt our survival strategies to coping with less water.”

My question is: how will we adapt when we’ve added 100 million people in the next three decades? Why not choose a stable population now so we won’t have to adapt, but in fact, flourish with a constant population that remains sustainable?

According to Mike Matz, “Losing Spaces”, Denver Post, December 23, 2007, American farmland and wetlands vanish at 6,000 acres per day which equals 2.19 million acres annually for new malls, highways and housing. Ground water stores cannot recharge.

Along with lack of water, we degrade water quality. Californians buy more filtered water than anywhere else in America. Why? They can’t provide enough clean water to their 37.5 million residents. What about polluted and chemicalized water run-off. We spray crops, inject insecticides and apply herbicides onto millions of acres of farmland. It seeps into our groundwater and runs into our rivers. The Mississippi River spews millions of gallons of fertilizer and chemically poisoned water into the Gulf of Mexico that creates a 3,000 square mile dead zone where few fish or native marine life can live. Every river running out of the United States and most industrialized nations carries enormous amounts of poisons. Acid rain from toxic air pollution falls with every rainstorm.

With blinders fully in place, we pursue rampant population growth with no concern toward future generations. Big surprise— people need water to survive.

The World Health Organization reports, in 2006, "Thirty-five percent of humanity doesn't have access to clean drinking water."

Is the United States immune to water problems?

Short answer: no!

Pollution threatens drinking water all over the U.S.

Humans and wildlife stand at risk.

Let's further see how ironic, useless and inept our leaders prove themselves as they pretend to face our future water dilemmas caused by overpopulation.

Do Our Leaders Understand Population's Impact on Environment?

Newsweek, April 16, 2007, "Leadership and Environment" interviewed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger "The Green Giant" with a picture of him puffing on a cigar. While he filled his lungs with toxic chemicals from the stogie, 37 million Californians' cars, trucks, ships, power plants and homes filled the skies with enormous pollution exhaust.

California expects another added 40 million people by 2050 to reach 79.1 million. (Source: “US Population Projections for 2050” Fogel/Martin, March 2006) What does that mean? It means that nothing will be solved. Every aspect of California's accelerating consequences will be multiplied by adding 40 million people.

Not One "Leader" in Newsweek Mentioned Root-Cause

Another Newsweek piece by Jessica Ramirez, "How to Live a Greener Life" presented wonderful methods for curbing billions of metric tons of greenhouse gases created in the US annually. As if trees can compete with millions of combustion engines burning 20 million barrels daily! They cannot!

Connecting the Dots— Unchecked, Rampant Population Growth

Water? No longer pure! No longer clean! Dangerously polluted! No longer ample!

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Bob Woodruff of ABC asked input from all citizens concerning the future of our planet.  Go to www.earth2100.tv for a sobering reality check as to what we face and to what I have been writing about for the past 20 years.  Our ‘window’ to change to a balanced population and non-polluting energy diminishes every day we ignore the symptoms manifesting all over America and the planet.

To take action: www.numbersusa.com

                      www.thesocialcontract.com

                      www.fairus.org

                      www.proenglish.org

                      www.capsweb.org

                      www.vdare.com

Final note:  I am looking for thinkers, writers and advocates to add to my monthly “Master Mind Think Tank.”   In reality, our politicians foment the problems that they campaign to solve.  They never solve them; thus we spiral into deeper national chaos.   I need new ideas and new creative thinkers to help me bring our most pressing issues onto the front burner: overpopulation in America caused by ceaseless legal and illegal immigration.  As you know, the recent PEW report shows immigration adding 100 million people to our country in 30 years.  We need to stop it and we need to stop it now.  Join me in saving our civilization. frostyw@juno.com

Frosty Wooldridge has bicycled across six continents – from the Arctic to the South Pole – as well as six times across the USA, coast to coast and border to border.  In 2005, he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece.  He presents “The Coming Population Crisis in America: and what you can do about it” to civic clubs, church groups, high schools and colleges.  He works to bring about sensible world population balance at www.frostywooldridge.com

 

From: Frosty Wooldridge

 

This three minute interview with Adam Schrager on “Your Show” May 4, 2008, NBC Channel 9 News, addresses the ramifications of adding 120 million people to USA in 35 years and six million people to Colorado as to water shortages, air pollution, loss of farmland, energy costs and degradation of quality of life.  In the interview, Frosty Wooldridge explains the ramifications of adding 120 million people to the USA in 35 years. He advances new concepts such as a “Colorado Carrying Capacity Policy”; “Colorado Environmental Impact Policy”; “Colorado Water Usage Policy”; “Colorado Sustainable Population Policy”.  Nationally, the USA needs a "National Sustainable Population Policy" to determine the carrying capacity of this nation for the short and long term.  Wooldridge is available for interviews on radio and TV having interviewed on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX.

 

Click the link to view the 3 minute interview with NBC's Adam Schrager:

 

http://www.9news.com/video/player.aspx?aid=52364p>

 

Frosty Wooldridge

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