In the United States: Too Many People

The human raced quadrupled from 1.6 billion to 6.7 billion in the last century.  The United States jumped from 75 million to 300 million.

Grant's book proves profound!   You cannot hide from its methodical realities.  Read this book as soon as you can, please.  It's the easiest way to make yourself an expert as to our dilemma: "Too Many People: Case for Reversing Growth" ISBN # 0-929765-91-5 $12.95 www.amazon.com

Migration pressure

"The migration pressure is a product of overcrowding on the land, of unemployment and wage differentials, all of which are driven by population growth," Grant said.  "Those driving forces would subside if somehow the growth should stop and turn around."

For anyone that thinks Mexico's massive immigration into the United States will stop, they prove sadly mistaken.  Current population predictions show Mexico adding 200 million people in this century – with ever increasing poverty.  Therefore, America can expect relentless, unending migration from Mexico – millions and millions and millions.  That alone will overload our capacity to sustain any population as to water, food and resources.

Exquisitely balanced ecosystem – precarious sustainability

"We live in an exquisitely balanced ecosystem," Grant said.  "We are tampering with that balance in the pursuit of more food production, and we do not know what we are doing."

As to Georgia's drought, "Can we imagine how much less tense life would be, and how much less deadly droughts would be in arid areas if there were one third the population and therefore three times as much water per capita as now, coupled with modern capabilities to manage it?"

Grant said, "If world population were two billion, one third its present size, 50 million tons of marine fish would mean half again as much, per capita, as the present take from all fisheries.  We would not be putting nearly so many pollutants into the sea."

At war with the biosphere that delicately supports us

For anyone seeing the degradation of their air and water, their communities via congestion, Brown Cloud and gridlock— this book helps you to wrap your arms around our dilemma.  Grant said, "We are already at war with the biosphere that supports us.  More than any other proposed solution, a solution on the demand side— population— offers an effective way to end or ameliorate the problem."

Illegal Immigration; driving two-thirds of U.S. growth

Grant illustrates our immigration dilemma: "Two thirds of this country's growth will result from immigration…given the magnitudes involved, an effort to mitigate the population growth of the less developed world by absorbing it is to put us in their predicament, without making a significant contribution to alleviating their plight."

Grant covers Population and Migration; Economic Growth; Irrigation and Water; Meat and Fish; Climate; Energy; Pollution; Human Survival; New American Mindset in this 102 page book.  As you read this succinct book, you will find yourself wiser, smarter and more inspired to act.

Grant speaks from reality How do I know Grant speaks from reality?  I've seen what he writes about.  In bicycling six continents around the world, I stepped out of the limited thinking grid of our 'apparent' wealth in this country to see the accelerating tabulation human toll around the world.

 This book proves a necessity for anyone with children.  By following his suggestions, the human race might stand a chance at making it through the 21st century intact.

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