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> The Next Added 100 Million
> Part 14
> Sustainable Growth Is Unsustainable
> By Frosty Wooldridge
> 12-15-6
>
>
>
> Richard Stengel, managing editor of Time Magazine, in October 2006
> wrote an essay promoting America's population growth, "We need to
> continue growing but in smarter more sustainable ways." Warning; The
> man has a dog in the fight. Follow the money.
>
> A picture of Stengel wearing a suit and tie along with a smile
> accompanied his essay "Tracking America's Journey." He looks
> intelligent, but his words betray his understanding of America's
> population dilemma.  Stengel illustrates 20th century thinking in the
> harsh realities of the 21st century.  In other words, he's clueless as
> to what he's talking about.  However, he looks good, and works for a
> prominent corporation (Time, Inc.) so millions of people think he
> knows what he's promoting.  He does not !
>
>
> Albert Einstein warned,
>
>             "The problems in the world today are so enormous they
>              cannot be solved with the same level of thinking that
>              created them."
>
>
> In his essay, Stengel illustrated our glorious past population growth
> and projected our adding 100 million people in three decades.  He
> said, "Unlike Japan and Europe, the U.S. is still growing at a healthy
> clip." He neglected to state that millions of those uneducated
> immigrants flee from overpopulated countries that can't feed their
> populations.  That phenomenon fuels our population growth, and steers
> our future.
>
> Stengel seems not to understand that you can't maintain a 'healthy'
> and 'sustainable' growing population ad infinitum.  The two stand
> diametrically opposed to one another.  Stengel subscribes to
> antiquated 20th century thinking.  He presents well, but he's totally
> out of touch with the consequences of what he promotes.
>
> His kind of thinking drives California's current 37.5 million onward
> to 79 million in 40 years.  Stengel's thinking adds 12 million people
> to Texas in 18 years.
>
> Let's get down to brass tacks on the absurdity of unending growth and
> sustainability!
>
> Dr. Albert Bartlett, physics professor at the University of Colorado,
> and brilliant demographic expert wrote, "Arithmetic, Population and
> Energy." You may obtain a copy of the video by calling 303-492-2670 or
> emailing Mr. Herb Rodriguez at
> <mailto:herb.rodriguez@colorado.edu>herb.rodriguez@colorado.edu
> Viewing that video would cause Time Editor Richard Stengel to write a
> different essay on America's future.  Why? He could no longer
> romanticize.  He couldn't write glowingly about the future with an
> added 100 million people.  He couldn't obfuscate the facts we face as
> civilization headed for an unsustainable future.  Dr. Bartlett writes:
>
>
>
> THE MEANING OF SUSTAINABILITY
>
> First, we must accept the idea that "sustainable" has to mean "for an
> unspecified long period of time." Yes, far into the future.
>
> Second, we must acknowledge the mathematical fact that steady growth
> gives very large numbers in modest periods of time.  For example, a
> population of 10,000 people growing at 7 percent per year will become
> a population of 10,000,000 people in just 100 years.  Please, stop and
> think about that; TEN MILLION for every TEN THOUSAND.
>
> From these two statements we can see that the term "sustainable
> growth" implies "increasing endlessly," which means that the growing
> quantity will tend to become infinite in size.  The finite size of
> resources, ecosystems, the environment, and the Earth, lead one to the
> most fundamental truth of sustainability:
>
> When applied to material things, the term "sustainable growth" is an
> oxymoron.
>
>
>
> SUSTAINABILITY
>
> The terms "sustainable" and "sustainability" burst into the global
> lexicon in the 1980s as the electronic news media made people
> increasingly aware of the growing global problems of overpopulation,
> drought, famine, and environmental degradation that had been the
> subject of "Limits to Growth" in the early 1970s.
>
> A great increase of awareness came with the publication of the report
> of the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development,
> the Brundtland Report, which is available in bookstores under the
> title "Our Common Future."
>
> In graphic and heart-wrenching detail, the report places before the
> reader the enormous problems and suffering that are being experienced
> with growing intensity every day throughout the underdeveloped world.
> In the foreword, before there was any definition of "sustainable,"
> there was the ringing call:
>
> "What is needed now is a new era of economic growth - growth that is
> forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally
> sustainable."
>
> One should be struck by the fact that here is a call for "economic
> growth" that is "sustainable." One has to ask if it is possible to
> have an increase in economic activity without having increases in the
> rates of consumption of nonrenewable resources.  If so, under what
> conditions can this happen? Are we moving toward those conditions
> today? What is meant by the undefined terms, "socially sustainable"
> and "environmentally sustainable?" Can we have one without the other?
>
> As we have seen, these two concepts of "growth" and "sustainability"
> are in conflict with one another, yet here we see the call for both.
> The use of the word "forceful" would seem to imply "rapid," but if
> this is the intended meaning, it would just heighten the conflict.
>
> Thus sustainable development can only be pursued if population size
> and growth are in harmony with the changing productive potential of
> the ecosystem.
>
> One begins to feel uneasy.
>
>
>
> "Population size and growth" are vaguely identified as possible
> problem areas, but we don't know what the Commission means by the
> phrase "in harmony with...?" It can mean anything.  By page 11 the
> Commission acknowledges that population growth is a serious problem,
> but then:
>
> The issue is not just numbers of people, but how those numbers relate
> to available resources.  Urgent steps are needed to limit extreme
> rates of population growth.
>
> Once you read his report, or watch Dr. Bartlett's presentation, you
> will be more in touch with reality than Time's Editor Richard Stengel.
> There's no way we need to or can add 100 million people to the United
> States by 2040, which is 34 years from now.
>
> I've seen Dr. Bartlett give his presentation personally.  There's no
> dancing around his facts, figures and harsh reality check.  In my
> world travels, I've witnessed population growth's worst outcomes.
> America already walks on the thin ice edge of our own demise with 300
> million people already.  We either stabilize our U.S. population, or
> we become victims of our own numbers.
>
> We cannot sustain unlimited growth.
>
>
>
> We cannot break the laws of nature as to "carrying capacity." We
> cannot add 40 million more people to California and think we can
> provide water to drink, for crops, for animals, habitat for all other
> life and room to live a decent life.  We cannot be THAT stupid, but,
> as of this writing, and in concert with Time Editor Richard Stengel,
> we are!
>
> What to do ?
>
>            We must enact a 10 year moratorium on all immigration.
>
>            We must create a National Population Policy, and a U S
>            National Immigration Strategic Plan. We also need a U S
>            Immigration CEO, at the Cabinet level. As it is now, we
>            have competing fiefdoms (State, Labor, Commerce, DHS, etc)
>            and chaos, by design.
>
>            We must author and adhere to a directly-related set of
>            Tactical Plans, on a year-by-year basis.
>
>            We MUST stop the last-minute importation of skilled
>            knowledge-workers from other nations, and get busy
>            implementing a process to jump-start our universities to
>            "grow our own."
>
>            In a directly-related full-steam-ahead effort, we MUST
>            develop a National Labor Force Plan (like the CCC of days
>            past), to instill and implement a gigantic, home-grown
>            manual-labor force that serves a National need (corporate
>            and governmental) AND trains young folks that have no
>            desire to attend colleges and universities.
>
>            We MUST implement more accurate methods to count
>            (population segments, to specifically include "undocumented
>            immigrants") what is actually happening each year, NOT
>            every ten years.
>
>            The human race can't keep burning 80 million barrels of oil
>            daily and maintain arrogance that "all is well." We must
>            develop alternative energy at breakneck speed.  We must
>            educate ourselves faster than we procreate ourselves.
>
>
>
> In closing, I ask that you slow down for a moment, and totally absorb
> the words of these two brilliant experts --
>
>           "Unbeknownst to many Americans, there is overwhelming
>            consensus among scientists that we are very close to
>            reaching a point of no turning back on global warming,
>            which is caused by the burning of fossil fuels.  We are
>            approaching a point at which all of the following will
>            become unavoidable: massive desertification, rising sea
>            level, explosive growth of insect populations, widespread
>            habitat destruction, mass extinctions, mass migrations
>            (including of humans), the disappearance of sea life, and
>            in all likelihood wars over drinking water that will make
>            the wars over oil look civilized."
>
> -- David Swanson
>
>
>            "Exponential growth is adding one billion people to our
>               planet every 12 years.
>
> Because the growth-rate is exponential, the period diminishes rapidly;
> 12 years, then 11 years, then 9 years, then 7 years, etc as each
> billion is added. Ninety percent of this growth stems from the
> developing world; third-world nations.  The consequences are grave.
> Environmental destruction escalates as more people compete for water,
> land, clean air, food, fuel and amenities.  Civil conflicts and ethnic
> wars roil societies as Balkanized people attempt to gain advantage
> through resource grabs at the expense of neighbors, more-and-more
> through violence.  Millions of the dispossessed are forced to migrate-
> straining the infrastructure and good will of richer nations. Take a
> moment and observe what is happening NOW in Africa."
>
>  -- William B. Dickinson author of the "The Biocentric Imperative"
>
> ##
>
>
> What you can do for a better future for your country:
>
>
>
> A republican form of government is not a spectator sport. It means you
> must jump in, roll up you sleeves and take personal and collective
> action. Of course, you could let a dictator take over and do
> everything for you, but that path would give you Cuba, China,
> North Korea and other unsavory examples.
>
>
>
> To stop Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid from giving an amnesty, take action.
>
> CALL Nancy Pelosi: Washington, DC - (202) 225-4965
>
> San Francisco, CA - (415) 556-4862 ;
>     Email Nancy Pelosi
>     sf.nancy@mail.house.gov ;
>
> Email form for Nancy Pelosi;
> http://www.house.gov/pelosi/contact/contact.html
>
>
>
> Senator Harry Reid: 202 224 3121 in Washington DC
> 775 686 5750 in Reno, NV;
>
> George Bush
> 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
> Washington, DC 20500
> comments@whitehouse.gov
> Comments: 202-456-1111
>
> Switchboard for live listener: 202 456 1414
>
> Fax: 202-456-2461
>
>
> We must 'sour the milk.' Bring out your points in the call:
>
>
>
>  1. America cannot support another 100 million people added to our
>       country in 34 years, i.e., water crisis, resource depletion,
>       air pollution, gridlock, loss of quality of life, etc.
>
>  2. America cannot support lawbreakers being given citizenship.
>
>  3. America must maintain our English language.
>
>  4. America wants only legal immigrants who play by the rules and
>       speak English.
>
>  5. America's working poor deserve a chance at jobs taken by illegals.
>
>  6. America already has too many people and I support a 10 year
>       moratorium on all immigration.
>
>  7. Americans must maintain our schools for our children.
>
>  8. We can no longer tolerate 350,000 birthright citizens (anchor
>       babies) annually that subtract from our own citizens.
>
>  9. Attrition through enforcement by stopping their ability to wire
>       money home, obtain rental housing and jobs.
>
> 10. An amnesty failed in 1986, and it will only be worse today. We're
>      being displaced out of our jobs and out of our own country.
>      Call with relentless and never-give-up passion.
>
>
>
> To reduce illegal aliens in your community, you may follow the course
> of action by Mayor Louis Barletta of Hazelton, PA. He offers a bomb
> proof ordinance that takes business licenses away from those who hire
> illegals. He legally halts landlords from renting to illegals. Without
> work and without housing, illegals cannot stay in your community.
> Check out his website for instructions:
> www.SmallTownDefenders.com/public/node/6
>
>
>
> Visit D.A. King at the www.thedustininmansociety.org to see how
> Georgia created the best laws to stop illegals at the state level.
>
>
>
> Please check out William Gheen at www.alipac.us. He's a mover and
> shaker. He will direct you to specific actions that make you more
> powerful and effective.
>
>
>
> To stop this invasion locally and nationally: join www.numbersusa.com
> for free and you can join www.fairus.org and www.thesocialcontract.com
>
>
>
> Wooldridge presents a 45 minute program to colleges, high schools,
> civic clubs, church groups and political clubs across America titled:
> "COMING POPULATION CRISIS IN AMERICA: WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT." Go to
> his website for further information on booking the program.
> www.frostywooldridge.com
>
>
>
> Check out www.populationmedia.org for an exciting method for creating
> overpopulation awareness in Third World countries. Their prime
> directive works with the media in order to educate and activate
> leaders and women worldwide.
>
>
>
> Whether we like it or not, global warming is upon us. We can take
> action to correct it. Please join www.stopglobalwarming.org for up to
> the minute information and action items.
>
>
>
> Awareness Campaign web site, www.mcs-global.org, which is purely to
> help save and protect human health and environmental health globally.
> Diana Buckland is founder and global coordinator at
> diana@mcs-global.org or dbucklan@bigpond.net.au. Diana makes impact
> all over the world by alerting everyone about chemical sensitivities
> caused by poisons sprayed, injected and applied to our crops and
> elsewhere.
>
>
>
> From Part 5 of this series, "Destroying our oceans", if you would like
> to become involved please refer to
> <http://www.savetheoceans.org/>www.savetheoceans.org for a first rate
> lesson on how to take action in order to cleanse our oceans, restock
> our fish population, move toward recycling and cleanup of our world's
> most important living resource. Watch shows on PBS that expose where
> we threw two million tires into the waters off the East Coast and all
> the damage those tires are doing to marine life. You'll find out what
> you can do to have them raised from the deep. Additionally, check out
> www.greenpeace.org for actions at the national and international levels.
>
>
>
> www.21stCenturyPaulRevereRide.us ; www.numbersusa.com ;
> www.carryingcapacity.org ; www.balance.org ; www.thesocialcontract.com
>
> www.alipac.us at 1 866 329 3999; www.theamericanresistance.com ;
> www.ccir.net ; www.theByteShow.com ; www.projectusa.org ;
> www.borderguardians.org ; www.immigrationwatchcanada.org ;
> www.mothersagainstillegalaliens.org ; www.unitedpatriotsofamerica.com
> ; www.unitedstates.fm ; www.worldfreedomtour.info ; My book:
> "IMMIGRATION'S UNARMED INVASION: DEADLY CONSEQUENCES" Call: 1 888 280
> 7715. http://www.TiANews.com - www.victimsofillegalaliens.org ;
> www.pacinlaw.org;
> http://USABorderAlert.com/http://SanDiegoBorderAlert.com ; for
> motorcyclists:
>
> www.americanfreedomriders.com and www.immigrationbuzz.com ;
>
> www.mcs-global.org ; On April 1, 2007, the Paul Revere Riders will
> again ride to stop the illegal invasion and accompany Arizona long
> haul truckers and motorcyclists in a freedom border ride to block
> illegal aliens from crossing our borders. We invite all veterans,
> truckers and bikers to join us. Contact Rusty Childress at
> www.immigrationbuzz.com and www.americanfreedomriders.com for further
> information. Please write with your ideas on what to name the ride.
>
> Frosty Wooldridge possesses a unique view of the world, cultures and
> families in that he has bicycled around the globe 100,000 miles, on
> six continents and six times across the United States in the past 30
> years. He presents a program to colleges, conferences, high schools
> and civic clubs around the country: "THE COMING POPULATION CRISIS IN
> AMERICA: WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT". His published books include:
> "HANDBOOK FOR TOURING BICYCLISTS" ; "STRIKE THREE! TAKE YOUR BASE" ;
> "IMMIGRATION'S UNARMED INVASION: DEADLY CONSEQUENCES" ; "MOTORCYCLE
> ADVENTURE TO ALASKA: INTO THE WIND-A TEEN NOVEL" ; "BICYCLING AROUND
> THE WORLD: TIRE TRACKS FOR YOUR IMAGINATION" ; "AN EXTREME ENCOUNTER:
> ANTARCTICA". His next book: "TILTING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY INTO A
> SWAMP". He lives in Denver, Colorado. frostyw@juno.com
>
> www.frostywooldridge.com
>
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Fine article that should be required reading for all interested in the
environment.

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