Question

- What is overconsumption? How does overconsumption mirror overpopulation?

Answer 1

Over Consumption:
Overconsumption is a situation where resource use has outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem. A prolonged pattern of over consumption leads to inevitable environmental degradation and the eventual loss of resource bases.

Some examples: At a personal level, it means getting used to eating meals that are less healthy, more taxing on the environment, and are overall larger than necessary. This includes lots of meat and less vegetables, or going over the 2,500 calories suggested per day.

At a global level, this creates numerous problems. First, more food grown globally is directed towards consumers in First World nations that are already obese. As more Americans pay more for imported food, it gets more expensive for poorer people in other countries. For example, imported fruits from Latin America are not that expensive locally, but because Americans pay so much, it causes the price to rise both in the US and in Latin America.

It also means that a lot of energy is wasted. One pound of beef requires something like 280,000 gallons of water. This is from growing the feed for cattle, processing the slaughtering, shipping, packing, and all the fertilizers and pesticides that go into all the contributing elements. A product like wheat, has far fewer tributaries, and requires just a few fertilizers, pesticides, and far less water.
When first world nations consume more meat and less grains/vegetables, this makes the environmental impact of food sharply rise.

Answer 2

did u also answered the second part of the question?

Answer 3

For second part of the question
Overconsumption, not overpopulation, is the real threat to the environment. Even the recession has had little impact on our burgeoning ecological debt.
we consume comes from the natural world it is extracted, mined, farmed, grown, fished, cut down and the resources on this planet are limited. As we continue to consume at an ever increasing rate for the illusion of a "comfortable" life, the planet suffers from this over extraction of resources forests, fish, soil, minerals, water; resulting in degraded and collapsing ecosystems, habitats and species. In addition, increased consumption creates increased pollution and waste and the very essentials for life air, land and water get more and more polluted and toxic.
Overpopulation causes many problems. Not only in developing countries, but in developed countries, too. The growth of urban areas has caused many environmental problems. Each year, an estimated sixteen billion hectares of forest are cut down due to over urbanization. This destroys the habitats of many animals and plants, and could lead to endangerment or even extinction. The rate of extinction due to overpopulation is ten thousand times faster than by natural occurrences.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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