{"id":89,"date":"2013-10-30T02:03:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T02:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T16:44:33","slug":"threats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/index.php\/open-your-eyes\/save-the-humans\/threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\">Threats Against Humanity<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>Consumer Demands: More Earths Needed<\/h3>\n<p>We need to all be held accountable for the decisions we make, what we use, what we buy and how we travel. We only have one planet and we must all put our natural world\u2019s preservation first. Our consumer demands are driving us towards a mass extinction \u2013 and industry is responding to our wants. Why is China burning coal? Because people want low-cost power for electricity and industry to make products.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why is Canada extracting oil from tar sands? Because people want to drive cars.<\/li>\n<li>Why is Brazil destroying the rainforest? Because people want soy, corn, beef and other products produced cheaply.<\/li>\n<li>Why is Japan shark finning? Because people want shark fin soup at weddings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_542\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"size-full wp-image-542\" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tar-sands.jpg\" alt=\"The extraction of oil from Alberta Tar Sands\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tar-sands.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tar-sands-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The extraction of oil from Alberta Tar Sands<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our everyday choices impact the earth and our future. You are one of seven billion people on this planet. In one year, 1.7 billion cell phones were sold,[10. mobiThinking. \u201cGlobal Mobile Statistics 2012.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/mobithinking.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mobithinking.com<\/a>] 60 million cars were built, 154 million tonnes of fish were consumed,[11. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. \u201cThe State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2012. Part 1. World review of fisheries and aquaculture.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.fao.org<\/a>] 400 million tonnes of paper were made,[12. World Wildlife Fund Global. \u201cAbout pulp &amp; paper production and use.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/wwf.panda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/wwf.panda.org<\/a>], and 20 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity used.[13. The World Bank. \u201cElectric power consumption (kWh per capita).\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/data.worldbank.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>If everyone lived like an average American, a total of four Earths would be required to sustain humanity&#8217;s annual demand on the planet.[14. New York Daily News. \u201cTwo Earths would be needed to sustain human activity by 2030, report finds.\u201d Meghan Neal. May 15, 2012. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nydailynews.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3>Growing World Population<\/h3>\n<p>How will our natural world keep up with our growing population?<\/p>\n<p>World population is expected to expand from 7 billion in 2012 to 8.9 billion in 2050[15. United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. \u201cWorld Population to 2300.\u201d 2004. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a>] \u2014 a growth of 50 million people a year. By 2050, the population of developing countries will be around 8 billion, or 86 percent of the world population[16. Population Reference Bureau. \u201c2012 World Population Data Sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Less developed regions (e.g., Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean) will account for 99 percent of the expected growth to the world population by 2050.[18. United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. \u201cWorld Population to 2300.\u201d 2004. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a>] Asia is expected to grow by 1.5 billion between 2000 and 2050, but Africa will grow even faster, adding 1 billion people.[19. United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. \u201cWorld Population to 2300.\u201d 2004. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>By 2100, Asia and Africa will house 55 percent and 25 percent of the world population respectively and this should continue for the next 200 years.[20. United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. \u201cWorld Population to 2300.\u201d 2004. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a>] North America by comparison will hit its peak, accounting for only 6 percent of world population by 2300.[21. United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. \u201cWorld Population to 2300.\u201d 2004. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>By 2100, our average life expectancy will be from 66 to 97 years old.[22. United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. \u201cWorld Population to 2300.\u201d 2004. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a>] Not only will our population grow but we will live longer and depend on our natural resources to sustain our longer lives. The largest world population should occur around 2075 at about 9.2 billion and then decline to 8.97 billion by 2300.[23. United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. \u201cWorld Population to 2300.\u201d 2004. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3>Climate Change: Our Consumption<\/h3>\n<p>The amount of carbon dioxide a country emits into the atmosphere depends mainly on the size of its economy, the level of its industrialization, and the efficiency of its energy use.[24. World Bank. \u201cEconomic Development and the Risk of Global Climate Change.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.worldbank.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_473\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-473\" class=\"size-full wp-image-473 \" src=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/traffic.jpg\" alt=\"Transportation is a big emitter of carbon and increasingly getting worse\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/traffic.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/traffic-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transportation is a big emitter of carbon and increasingly getting worse<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our current rate of consumption is destroying our forests, biodiversity, soil, fisheries and oceans\u2014 basically our entire life support system. According to the World Wildlife Fund\u2019s <em>2012 Living Planet Report<\/em>, we are using 50 percent more resources than the Earth can provide, and that number is growing. By 2030, two planets will not be enough to sustain us.[25. World Wildlife Fund Global. \u201cLiving Planet Report 2012.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.panda.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Over the next 50 to 100 years, our population will increase so much that increased resource use will overwhelm any reductions of energy use, carbon dioxide emissions, etc. For example, even if the average American eats 20 percent less meat in 2050 than in 2000, total US meat consumption is expected to increase by close to 5 million tonnes due to population growth.[26. Worldwatch Institute. \u201cThe State of Consumption Today.\u201d 2013.] Rising incomes around the world combined with population growth will also increase the number of resources consumed.<\/p>\n<p>By 2050, human beings could consume an estimated 140 billion tonnes of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year \u2013 three times the current consumption rate.[27. United Nations News Centre. \u201cHumanity\u2019s voracious consumption of natural resources unsustainable \u2013 UN report.\u201d May 12, 2011. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a>] We need to take immediate action.<\/p>\n<div id=\"next-previous\" class=\"cf\"><a class=\"previous\" href=\"https:\/\/therevolutionmovie.com\/index.php\/open-your-eyes\/save-the-humans\/intro\/\">? 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