World History and Geography

The Population Bomb

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April 22 , 2009

The Population Bomb

Introduction

This is one of the most interesting books ever written by Paul Ehrlich in 1968 . This book predicts a catastrophe for humanity as a result of overpopulation . It is in this book that Paul Ehrlich fore-told massive starvations that will lead death of millions of people in the 1970s and 1980s . He adds that nothing can stop the mass famine and

br therefore necessary steps are needed to stop the rise in population However , this has been proved wrong by history . Apart from Africa massive starvations did not occur in the 1970s and 1980s

Despite this , Population Bomb remains the most quoted book on environmental issues by the media . It is believed that the Population Bomb was written at a proposition by David Brower , the chief executive of Sierra Club environmental club . This was after Paul Ehrlich wrote an article for the New Scientist in 1967 predicting high population between 1970 and 1985 that will outstrip resources . He was quoted in this article saying that "India couldn 't possibly feed two hundred million more people by 1980

By examining this book keenly , you will find that it is a replica of Malthusian Catastrophe by Thomas Malthus which postulates that unless the population growth is checked , it will supersede agricultural growth Ehrlich assumed that population will rise exponentially , but resources like food will remain the...