In a cogent piece  by gifted writer Julie Whitty, Marilyn Hempel, Editor at www.PopulationPress.org educates readers at her website as to the accelerating dilemma of adding 77 million new babies to the planet annually.  Hempel helps Americans understand their children’s predicament and how to come to equitable terms with our civilization and the future.

Each year, 57 million humans die worldwide. At the same time, at 6.8 billion copulating humans, another 134 million babies take their first breath—for a net gain of 77 million new mouths to feed, house, clothe and create a meaningful life on this planet.  The human race adds 1.0 billion every 13 years on its way to 10 billion at mid century. 

Ironically while the United States enjoys a stable population since hitting ZPG in 1970, it added 100 million within 40 years via immigration.  Today, through ‘population momentum’, the U.S. adds 1.0 million additional Americans annually even at 2.03 fertility per American woman.  When you add another 2.1 to 2.4 million immigrants, the USA becomes the third fastest growing country in the world at 3.1 to 3.4 million annually, net gain.

In a compelling piece at Mother Jones News, Julia Whitty, wrote “Tiniest of Baby Booms: A Monster”

“You can't miss it in today's news: US births break record, 40 percent out-of-wedlock,” said Whitty. “Frankly, my dear, who cares about the wedding bands? Though that's pretty much what all the moralizing is about.

“No, what's stupefying is the fact that nowhere in this much-traveled article does anyone ever talk about the real impact of more babies being born in the US in 2007 than any other year in the nation's history.

“So let's talk about it. And let's start with a really interesting study just published in the journal Global Environmental Change. A couple of statisticians at Oregon State University disengaged their mechanical pencils from their pocket protectors, clicked some fresh lead onto recycled paper (we hope) and came up with this bold analysis into that sacristy of human reproduction—to have or not to have:

“The bottom line is that absolutely nothing else you can do—driving a more fuel efficient car, driving less, installing energy-efficient windows, replacing light bulbs, replacing refrigerators, recycling—comes even close to simply not having that child. All those good things still add up to less than 500 metric tons of CO2 savings. Not having the kid saves between 10,000 and 13,000 metric tons of CO2.

“So why are we still giving tax breaks for having kids? Why are we pretending that because they're cute they're harmless? Little monsters.”

Dear reader, the United States expects another 100 million people within 25 years.  California adds 1,700 people daily along with 400 vehicles.  Anybody see a problem with that?  I do! It means another 20 million people in a blink of time.

Let me add to Whitty’s work by saying that my own personal travels throughout the world on six continents horrified me into numbness while in my 30s.  Once you see the results of overpopulation up close and ugly, you (I) do not want to see it manifest in the USA, and I would most certainly like to see leaders worldwide address it and we all solve it with birth control and family planning. Either we stabilize our human numbers gracefully or Mother Nature will step in rather brutally!

Contact Marilyn Hempel at www.PopulationPress.org or info@populationpress.org .  By snail mail: Blue Planet United, POB 7918 Redlands, CA 92375

This article first appeared as a blog on the Mother Jones website, March 18, 2009. To see the entire blog with responses, and to leave your own comments, go to http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/03/tiniest-baby-booms-monster. Reprinted with permission from Mother Jones. subscribe to Mother Jones magazine for just $15 at motherjones.com/subscribe, or sign up for the email newsletter at motherjones.com/newsletter.
Julia Whitty is the author, most recently, of The Fragile Edge, a book on coral reefs, which won the PEN USA literary award for nonfiction, the John Burroughs Medal, and the Kiriamaya Prize. Her book, A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga, a collection of short stories, won an O. Henry Award.

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If any of us, no matter what our race, creed or color might be, refuse to engage our U.S. Congress as we have not for 30 years as to the population/immigration equation-our children will find themselves living in a terribly degraded America where the American Dream will be described by the history books as a 'fleeting fantasy' from the era of 1950 to 2010.

These are several of the top organizations where you can take collective action to change the course of American history as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. Take collective action at:

This is the best website to start:  www.numbersusa.com ; watch Roy Beck’s “Immigration by the Numbers” at 14 minutes. Bi-partisan and very effective. Become a faxer of pre-written letters to your reps to make positive  change.

Also: www.fairus.org ; www.capsweb.org ; www.thesocialcontract.com ; www.populationmedia.org ; www.worldpopulationbalance.org ; www.populationconnection.org ; www.quinacrine.com ; www.familyplanning.org/ , www.skil.org ; www.growthbusters.com; www.populationpress.org ; www.thinkpopulation.org ; www.carryingcapacity.org ; www.balance.org ; www.controlgrowth.org ; in Canada www.immigrationwatchcanada.org ; in Australia www.population.org.au andPublicPopForum@yahoogroups.com; in Great Britain www.optimumpopulation.org ; and dozens of other sites accessed at www.frostywooldridge.com.

Must see DVD: "Blind Spot" www.snagfilms.com/films/title/blind_spot/ , This movie illustrates America's future without oil, water and other resources to keep this civilization functioning. It's a brilliant educational movie! www.blindspotdoc.com

Must see: Rapid Population Decline, seven minute video by Dr. Jack Alpert-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTWduFB_RX0

Must see and funny: www.growthbusters.org ; www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXSTrW_dARc
Dave Gardner's Polar Bear in Bedroom:

growthbusters.org/2010/03/save-the-polar-bear-in-your-bedroom ; Dave Gardner, President, Citizen-Powered Media ; Producing the Documentary, GROWTH BUSTERS; presents Hooked on Growth: Our Misguided Quest for Prosperity, Join the cause at www.growthbusters.org ;760 Wycliffe Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 USA; +1 719-576-5565

Check out this link with Wooldridge on bicycle and Lester Brown and panel discussion:

www.upnorthmedia.org/watchupnorthtv.asp?SDBFid=1631

Tomorrow's Americaproject on www.youtube.com/contemporarylearning.

Producer: GEORGE A. COLBURNwww.tomorrowsamerica.com

DC: 202-258-4887

Email: gac@starbrightmc.com

Link to www.tomorrowsamerica.com for more discussions on America's predicament.

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Frosty Wooldridge has bicycled across six continents - from the Arctic to the South Pole - as well as six times across the USA, coast to coast and border to border. In 2005, he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. He presents "The Coming Population Crisis in America: and what you can do about it" to civic clubs, church groups, high schools and colleges. He works to bring about sensible world population balance at www.frostywooldridge.com He is the author of: America on the Brink: The Next Added 100 Million Americans. Copies available: 1 888 280 7715