Sara F. Hathaway
Threats of Overpopulation
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In this chapter of Without Land, Erika muses about why the government took the steps it did to stabilize the country while she waits for Vince to conclude his meeting with Mathew. The amount of refugees coupled with the fact that the land masses have been severely decreased caused the government to take drastic measures. Here to discuss the pressure overpopulation puts on our world is L. Douglas Hogan author of The Tyrant Series.
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L. Douglas Hogan
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Doug's concern is how quickly population growth strains the systems we depend on. More people means more mouths to feed, more yield needed, more work and more overhead, and that cost reaches the consumer as higher prices. When environmental stresses hit, a system that is already stretched has little room to absorb them.
Managing population without taking away personal freedom is hard. Family planning has to be a personal choice and cannot be forced on anyone. Education helps people make informed decisions about family size, and raising education levels for women has proven effective.
When I asked Doug how we would be affected if a disaster cost us more land, he did not have a positive answer. He doesn't believe we would recover easily from a disaster of that size. A scary thought for a population already in a fragile state.
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L. Douglas Hogan
L. Douglas Hogan is a U.S.M.C. veteran with over twenty years in public service. Among these are three years as an anti-tank infantryman, one year as a Marine Corps Marksmanship Instructor, ten years as a part-time police officer, and seventeen years working in state government doing security work and supervision. He is the best-selling author of “Oath Takers”, has authored four books in a series titled Tyrant, and is working on the sixth a final book of the series. He has been married over twenty years, has two children, and is faithful to his church, where he resides in southern Illinois.
