7 Billion and Counting...

            Has anyone actually took time to realize how great natural selection is? It weeds out the weakest traits in a species and although it probably hurts the population at first, it strengthens out the species as a total. One of the reasons humans are so prone to diseases and natural disasters is that we have been trying to play as a God in our species. We feel like we are so much better than nature and can do a much better job than it can because we humans actually have consciousness of what we are actually doing. Our results in this effort have only really harmed the surroundings, like the environment, and we are definitely pushing the limits of what it can tolerate. Littering, fossil fuels, and habitat destruction has hampered the ability of the environment to tolerate human life.

            One of the reasons that I think we are constantly looking for a new planet to inhabit is because deep down within each scientists’ heart, they know that the Earth will not last much longer going at this rate, because they have seen all the statistics and there would be no way that the Earth has not been pushed past its carrying capacity. Our population has reached 7 billion and is still counting, which is putting a much larger strain on food production, and we have already used up a lot of Earth’s land that is already arable.

As some optimists claim, “We will be totally fine, because so far the human population has been able to produce scientists that know what they are doing and have been and will always find a solution to whatever problem arises.” This is honestly just a roundabout way of thinking, like how about we stop waiting to the last moment before we do anything. I can easily prove this with modern and historical examples. An easy modern example is most car companies. On average, cars in America usually do not get over 30 miles to the gallon, while in China, they have much higher emission standards that cars made in America would not be allowed to legally drive in China. Then entire world still uses gas made from oil, a non-renewable resource, and while some have electric cars and scooters, there is not nearly enough. It is known that there are plenty of other renewable resources that we can draw from, but “it is not enough to fuel everyone” the world has plenty of resources as long as we use them sustainably. We have not switched over yet, most likely due to greedy corporation heads who want to first exhaust all the money from using fossil fuels, then when we have an energy crisis that could have been easily prevented, people will complain. It is a very vicious cycle.