Unorthodox Opinion

Warning: If you don’t like reading about scary, unpopular viewpoints about reality on this planet, do not read any further.


I’m reading a book called “Poisoned Nation: Pollution, greed, and the rise of deadly epidemics” by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel. In it, she talks about the true causes of various "dis-eases" including cancer and the reasons for their sweeping escalation. In a nut shell, it boils down to the pollution of our air, water, soil, & food and our use of everyday, supposedly innocuous products, which are actually loaded with synthetic, cancer-causing chemicals. She postulates that the reason governments, or anyone else, are not doing something about it is because of the huge financial gains involved. I agree with this but I also believe there is another, more sinister, more covert reason why no one is trying harder to prevent illness rather than just treat illness. In a word: overpopulation.

To be sure, the medical 1 & pharmaceutical industries are multi-trillion dollar enterprises. In fact, since they’re completely dependant 2 on one another I consider them one & the same and I’ll bet, together, they’re the #1 industry in the world today. However, I believe that money is a secondary reason as to why government, et al, are turning a blind eye to the very preventable causes of all this suffering, disease & death. In my opinion, the main reason is that there are, quite simply, too many people on this planet and the earth’s carrying capacity will soon be reached, if it hasn’t already. The Powers That Be know darn well this is a fact and are strategically and purposely hastening our demise. “And while we’re at it, why not make a hefty profit to boot, eh?”

From personal experience and observation, I have concluded that if you’re over a certain age (roughly 50) and you don’t have gobs of money falling out of your pockets, the medical community will not willingly heal you as they would people who are younger or wealthier. When you croak, of course, they’ll blame it on natural causes. “Sadly, there was nothing we could do to save him.”
Who’s going to prove them wrong? Not you, cause you’ll be dead and not your family, cause they don’t have the money to afford one of those pricey lawyers. Since The Powers That Be believe us minions aren’t capable of handling the truth, they prefer to keep this information confidential for as long as possible. I know, you're thinking of those times we've heard about a very sick child from a poor third world country who's been flown in to the U.S. for a life saving operation, paid for by the U.S. health care system. "That doesn't sound like they're trying to kill us off." No, it doesn't, but they can't be obvious about what they're up to. So there's always a token person here and there to contradict any conspiracy theories which might be floating around.

What's so bad about the number of people on earth? Yes, there’s plenty of land for many more people - except that most of it is uninhabitable (take Canada, for instance), and if we could figure out a better way to distribute food there would be enough nourishment for everyone - supposing that peak oil is a myth. No, it’s not space nor food we’re running low on (yet). It’s life-giving water. A finite commodity.

Did you know there’s the same amount of water on earth now as there was when the earth was first forming? 3 And did you know that only 2.5% of all the water on earth is fresh water? And of that 2.5%, two-thirds of it is locked up frozen in the north and south poles. Water, as you know, is the single most important constituent we need to survive, after oxygen. Not only do we ourselves require it but also every living creature and plant needs it too. So, while there may be enough fresh water for people (if the global population were to stabilize in, say, the next few years or so), we wouldn’t last very long if we couldn’t also water the plants and animals we grow for food and still leave enough for the much larger realm of wild birds, beasts, insects, vegetation, etc, which we directly and indirectly rely on.

Something else to consider: As our population grows so too does the amount of garbage we produce.
How often have we heard cries of “Not in MY backyard!” in response to the news that a new landfill site was going to be constructed? Funny how these protesters don't seem to get that there's only so much space in the world to shovel our waste into. If they don't want a landfill in their neighborhood what makes them think someone else wants one? And if by chance they do realise that no one else wants it, how do they propose we deal with the problem? Now I'll bet some attentive soul is going to point out that earlier I mentioned how a large part of the earth is uninhabitable and their idea will be for us to ship our refuse to those remote places where people don't live, thus avoiding the NIMBY issue (not in my backyard). Unfortunately this won't work since one of the reasons those places are uninhabitable is because it's too difficult and/or economically unfeasible to construct roads. That means there would be no easy way to truck our garbage there and any other form of transportation, for example by air, would be far to expensive.

Not only are we producing more garbage but more of it is non-biodegradable. 150 years ago our great grandparents didn't use disposable razors or disposable diapers or canned food (in cans) or drink their coffee from Styrofoam cups, not to mention they never had 'disposable' electronics (or electronics of any kind) like cell phones and laptops. They're not marketed as being disposable but technology is moving ahead at such a fast rate that many items like cell phones and computers are not upgraded they're just thrown away and new ones are bought. 100 years ago people repaired their stuff; nowadays it's easier to just toss 'n' buy because it's cheaper and faster.

“But Petra, we're preventing things from ending up in the dump by RECYCLING.”
Are we? I recently saw the documentary “Manufactured Landscapes” and I was dumbfounded to learn that when we (North Americans) bring our electronics to a recycling facility most of it is not actually recycled - it is simply shipped to China! In fact, 50% of the world's used computers end up in China. Out of sight out of mind, eh? People there are paid a pittance to disassemble those computers so the hazardous materials and precious metals contained within can be removed. However, it seems like nothing is being done with the plastic and wires and other parts that make up electronic gadgets. As a result, a good portion of their landscape is made up of gargantuan heaps of wiring, plastic computer casings and even old rotary phone dials. How long has it been since we last used one of those retro appliances? Meanwhile, they're still kicking around in a dump half way across the world. I always wondered what became of my rotary phone after I was convinced to switch to the 'new & improved' touch tone one. Now I know.


Don’t think there’s a population problem?

:: The world’s population in 1950 was approximately 2.5 billion.
:: Today, our population is approximately 6.5 billion

At first glance it doesn’t seem all *that* bad, does it? But think about it for a moment.... The dawn of modern man was about 155,000 years ago. But, for the sake of argument, let's be more lenient and use as a starting point the time of "The Great Flood". From 3500 BC through to 1950 (about 5,450 years) we accrued 2.5 billion people on the planet. From 1950 until 2007 (57 years) we acquired an extra 4 billion people.

Put another way:
5,450 years = 2,500,000,000 people
57 years = 4,000,000,000 people

That’s mind boggling! Hands up those of you who were already familiar with these numbers? You don’t have to be a scientific expert to see how our population is way out of control and on the way to causing a monumental crisis. Skyrocketing numbers of people divided by a constant quantity of water equals pandemonium, sooner or later.

Perhaps this all sounds totally preposterous to you, the ravings of a madwoman. Well, maybe. Maybe not. Who was it that said “Truth is stranger than fiction”? Then there’s that other saying about how you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. Anyway, my work here is done. I've given you a small taste of what's really going on in the world, now it's up to you to take the idea and run with it, if you so desire. Take what you need and leave the rest.

NB: These are my personal opinions, some of which are based on facts I’ve read from a variety of sources, some are based on my gut feelings. As I always say, “I could be wrong... but I doubt it.”

P.S. If you’re open-minded (and of strong stomach) and would like to read more about secret agendas and such, here’s a very good place to start.
http://www.policestateplanning.com/chapter_14_.htm

Footnotes
1  When I say “medical industry” I’m referring to allopathic medicine as opposed to natural or alternative medicine.
2  Medicine is dependant on pharmaceutics not just to “treat” patients but also to make and keep the masses ill, while pharmaceutical companies depend on doctors to prescribe their drugs.
3  http://www.pbs.org/now/science/water2.html