Post Reply: Is Overpopulation Myth?

I remember a comparison being made in the nineteen eighties where it was shown that every single person on the earth could stand on the isle of Wight, just off the south coast of England. This would seemingly make it seem as if there couldn't possibly be anywhere near the numbers that might indicate overpopulation. Not a bad trick for the gullible. Over population of course is an issue of resources, as anyone with a logical thought process in their brain should know. Take for instance rice production in the far east. There is enough rice to feed the people, however people in Western countries now have a taste for rice, and the selling of it to those nations makes more money than when sold to the people in far eastern countries. The result is a shortage of a major component of their diet. In such a case the population would have to shrink to fit the available rice supply, or the whole culture would need to change in order to accommodate.