Are there too many people?
Imagine every human being on the face of the earth crammed into the state of Texas. Six Billion people. Population density would be a little more than 20,304 per square mile -- 1,373 square feet of land area per person. That's about the size of the suburban Southern California house I grew up in, and I was not alone. So let's say every human being on the planet lives in the state of Texas in a home with the same population density as the one I grew up in. One third of the state of Texas could be devoted to industry, stores, businesses, etc.; one third of the state could be for parks and recreation areas, and the entire human race could live in the spacious and enviable style of moderate suburban housing in one third of the state of Texas. The rest of the United States would be empty. Nobody in Mexico or Canada. South America would be completely vacant. Not
a soul in Africa. Europe and Asia would be empty. Not a human being anywhere in the world except in one-third of the state of Texas.
And "experts" say there are too many people? That the planet is "over-populated?"
Source: Cal Beisner, Population Growth as Blessing or Blight?