Robert Muller: [GMW #2579] Over Consumption and Over Production More Of A Problem Than Over Population

Monday, October 29, 2012

[GMW #2579] Over Consumption and Over Production More Of A Problem Than Over Population

[GMW #2579] Over Consumption and Over Production More Of A Problem Than Over Population

Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1501 to 2000

~ Idea 1576 ~ 3 November 1998

The problem of overproduction and overconsumption in the western countries is at least as preoccupying if not more than the problem of overpopulation in the poor countries. Why? Because western consumption habits are being ferociously marketed and advertised also in the poor countries by giant western corporations.

If the consumption levels of the poor countries should ever reach those of the rich countries their total number of 4.7 billion people today, from the point of view of the Earth would have to be multiplied by thirty meaning 141 billion people on this planet! Multiply their future numbers of 6 to 7 billion by thirty and you will have a staggering figure! Multiply also their number by the average waste produced by an American during his lifetime (4,000 times his weight) and you will see that the world would be confronted with an unimaginable disaster.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,
Volume II Chapter 2 Of Happiness
"That person is a success who has lived well,
laughed often and loved much;
who has gained the respect of intelligent people
and the love of children;
who has filled his niche and
accomplished his task;

who leaves the world better than they found it
whether by a perfect poem or a rescued soul;
who never lacked appreciation of Earth's
beauty or failed to express it;

who looked for the best in others and
gave the best they had"
-- Robert Louis Stevenson