The Population Bomb is a book authored by a Stanford University Professor named Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife Ann. In it he argues that population growth the world over has to be tamed or else, it is a bomb waiting to go off. Some critics dismissed him as an alarmist seeking attention but wait till you read the following figures.
Before the Industrial revolution, it had taken all of human history up to the year 1800 for the world population to reach 1 billion, the second billion was attained after 130 years(1930), whereas the third billion came in less than 30 years (1959), yes, and we hit the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), we even did better with the fifth which came in 13 years (1987); by the year 2011 we made seven billion!
Closer to home, by the year 1980 Uganda had approximately 12.6 million people, 1990-- 17.7, 2000-- 24.4, 2010-- 34.5 million people, do you get the drift?
Do we have enough resources to support this madness, for that is what it is?
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