The Need to Breed

[Cinjin]

If we run out of food, the population decreases until there is enough food for everyone.

As sad as it sounds, this is also the solution to foreign AID, which does more harm than good. 30 years ago, Etheopia had 1 million starving people due to food shortages. We fed them, and now they have 10 million starving people (since people who don't starve make babies). If they had been left to starve, there would be enough of them to feed themselves.

All developed countries learned this the hard way, but look at them now.

This I totally agree with. Nature thins its own herds.

Over population is not a problem for nature.

This I don't agree with. When there were only a few million people on this planet we had no problem with greenhouse emissions. Even when we had 1 or 2 billion people on this planet, global warming was still not something to be concerned about. However, nature is now definitely having a problem with our over population. When we double in size in 50/60 years, "nature" is going to be overwhelmed with humans.

Also everyone, food is not the ONLY issue that need be considered when over-population is in question. Water is a much bigger issue and so is the amount of other resources/fuel needed to keep everyone on this planet alive and hospitable. Food will definitely be an issue, but I don't think it will be the largest by any stretch of the imagination.