What is Sustainabilty

The definition is a steady state environment, culture, society, industrial mode

It is a way of living

Well why should we all worry about whether the planet can sustain the population or not

Well surf over to the US Census Website, and there on the front page is the answer

The World Population Clock. Counting up how many people it is projected based on birth and death rates there are in the world

The World Population Clock also shows the US Population.

Here is the value at the time this Hub was being worked on

U.S.       307,490,447
World 6,785,204,456
18:44 GMT (EST+5) Sep 19, 2009

A whole lot of people, all eating, drinking, excreting, creating refuse and waste.

Now from the World Population Clock page comes the projected 1 year additions

(copied from that page to illustrate this point, data is copyright US Census)

Monthly World population figures:

07/01/09    6,768,167,712
08/01/09    6,774,705,647
09/01/09    6,781,243,583
10/01/09    6,787,570,618
11/01/09    6,794,108,554
12/01/09    6,800,435,588
01/01/10    6,806,973,524
02/01/10    6,813,511,460
03/01/10    6,819,416,692
04/01/10    6,825,954,628
05/01/10    6,832,281,663
06/01/10    6,838,819,599
07/01/10    6,845,146,634

So before July of 2010 an almost 1 Billion increase, which is equal to 1/3rd of the entire US Population. So essentially if they were all in the US, it would add one 130% of the US Population. A tough drain on our national economy, which is still in the end of the worst recession in decades is about the most robust, even with the crushing debt.

So, if we work to live in a manner that will sustain us right now, we still have to account for 1/3rd of a person more in our own personal lives just in the next year. So for every 3 people IN THE WORLD, not just the United States, we must account for a 4th person within a year.

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