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#overpopulationisamyth

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VamosCreciendo<p><a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/hydra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydra</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/HydraVideoSynth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydraVideoSynth</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/OverpopulationIsAMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverpopulationIsAMyth</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a></p>
PaulaToThePeople<p>This planet is overpopulated with rich capitalists.<br>Every millionaire is one too many.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/overpopulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overpopulation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/OverpopulationIsAMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverpopulationIsAMyth</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a></p>
Rich<p>I've seen some folks on here talking about how overpopulation is causing ecological collapse. And this is very, very wrong.</p><p>So, I'm just going to put this here:</p><p>This is from the Word Population Review, who have compiled their data from multiple different sources. You can find them listed at the bottom of the article.</p><p><a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/energy-consumption-by-country" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">worldpopulationreview.com/coun</span><span class="invisible">try-rankings/energy-consumption-by-country</span></a></p><p>Figure 1 (the first image) which lists energy consumption in 2022 in exajoules (EJ). For our visually impaired friends, I will list it here.</p><p>China 159.39 EJ<br>United States 95.91 EJ<br>India 36.44 EJ <br>Russia 28.89 EJ<br>Japan 17.84 EJ <br>Canada 14.14 EJ<br>Brazil 13.41 EJ<br>South Korea 12.71 EJ<br>Germany 12.30 EJ<br>Iran 12.16 EJ</p><p>Now, let's compare that to population.</p><p>Figure 2 (Which I will also summarize) Here, we have a chart listing population by country. It is based on data released by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the end of 2022. </p><p><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldometers.info/world-popula</span><span class="invisible">tion/population-by-country/</span></a></p><p>You'll find identical data on Wikipedia if you're interested. Here is the primary source.</p><p><a href="https://population.un.org/wpp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">population.un.org/wpp/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Let's go through it.</p><p>India 1.428 billion<br>China 1.425 billion<br>United states 0.340 billion <br>Indonesia 0.278 billion <br>Pakistan 0.240 billion<br>Nigeria 0.223 billion<br>Brazil 0.216 billion<br>Bangladesh 0.172 billion.<br>Russia 0.144 billion<br>Mexico 0.128 billion</p><p>And so on.</p><p>Now, your eyes might be drawn to China, which consumes the most energy and has the second largest population. But let's dig a little deeper.</p><p>How is it that the United States can have less than a quarter of India's population and use 2.6 times as much energy?</p><p>How is it that Indonesia, Pakistan and Nigeria can occupy the 4th, 5th and 6th spots in terms of total population but don't even show up in the top ten for energy use?</p><p>How is it that Canada is number 6 for energy use but number 38 for population? (0.038 billion people).</p><p>The answer is that population does not directly correlate - much less cause - energy consumption. The economic model, the way in which goods are produced and consumed is the relevant factor here.</p><p>We can also look at food consumption. </p><p>This one's from Wikipedia.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_food_energy_intake" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">countries_by_food_energy_intake</span></a></p><p>The primary source is here</p><p><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/food-supply" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ourworldindata.org/food-supply</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I'm just going to list the countries in order of how much food they consume per capita. (Figure 3)</p><p>Ireland<br>United States<br>Belgium<br>Turkey<br>Austria<br>Iceland<br>Romania<br>Canada<br>Germany<br>Poland.</p><p>Where's Indonesia? Where's Pakistan? Where are China and India, the two most populous countries on the planet?</p><p>Population does not correlate to resource use. We *are* using too many resources. There's no question about that. But that is caused by the economic system. Not the number of people. China may use the most energy of any country on this planet. But that is not because they have the second largest population. It's because they have embraced hyper capitalism. </p><p>Overpopulation is a fascist talking point. It almost always has racist overtones as it is deployed against countries like Nigeria, Bangladesh and other nations who may have higher populations but who do not consume nearly as much resources as countries with lower populations.</p><p>Finally, if you're really concerned about us one day reaching the Earth's carrying capacity, you should know that all research indicates that birthrates decline as quality of life rises. Education and access to contraceptives are the way to manage that issue. </p><p><a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2020/Jan/un_2002_world_population_to_2300.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">un.org/development/desa/pd/sit</span><span class="invisible">es/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2020/Jan/un_2002_world_population_to_2300.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiverights</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OverpopulationIsAMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverpopulationIsAMyth</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NLRBE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRBE</span></a></p>
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