The Ticking Time Bomb Of Overpopulation and Degradation

                                             Decades ago, in what is now called the population bomb, a scientist predicted that out of control population growth would outstrip the ability of the earth to feed billions of people, resulting in mass hunger and starvation. Technology has thus far been able to ward off the prediction, leading people to believe that what the scientist predicted is wrong. Perhaps the jury is still out, and it is premature to make that conclusion.
                                               We are not controlling our population. Sensible family planning is countered by religious dogma that believes there is no limit to population growth, no matter how overcrowded, degraded, polluted, contaminated and poisoned this world is already. No one seems willing to take on this religious dogma, no matter how destructive it is. Instead, people have children way beyond their ability to feed, clothe, adequately shelter and educate their children, often depending on the charity of others, which only perpetuates a bad situation.
                                                A lot must go right for the world to feed the soon to be ten billion people that will be on this planet. There must be adequate soil, rain, weather, political and economic stability, a healthy environment, things that already are changing. Healthy bees, bats, birds and other animals are needed for pollination or insect control, and already the world is losing vast populations of each. Can humans continue to grow in number while at the same time continue to destroy habitat, poison and degrade the environment, pollute and over exploit the resources of oceans and land, and expect the earth to continue to provide? Overpopulation and degradation does not result in abundance.