I was in a disagreement with a friend about this topic (he thought it was and I didn’t). But we both just don’t know enough about it so I came here for help on the subject. Appreciate it!
Edit: so who is (more) right, me or my friend?
In: Economics
It’s actually a loaded question because not all people burn though the earths resources at the same rate.
People in the global ‘North’ are an order of magnitude more of a drain on the earth than people in the global ‘South’. If everyone lived as spartan an existence as the poorest among us, the carrying capacity of the Earth would be in the trillions of people. Conversely, if everyone on earth lived the resource intensive life of the typical North American, we would have exceeded the carrying capacity of the earth many times over already.
So, to answer the question of whether overpopulation is a worrying thing: No. It’s actually a distraction from the real issue …which is certain people taking far more than their share and trying to put the blame on the people who don’t have enough.
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