Too many people!

The pre-Covid busy tourist years proved – if anything – that our planet was bursting at the seams. From the US National Parks to Budapest or Bali, famous places were overflowing from regular folks and the trend would have exploded, had not been for the devastating pandemic. 

Today the UN is pulling the alarm signal about humanity being on the cusp to making a terrible climate change irreversible. 

But not one word, one single one is ever mentioned to address the root cause of that terrible situation: The planet’s overpopulation, so get ready to see a tourist explosion when Covid fades out into our world’s rear-view mirror! 

For years, I’ve tried to bring the concept up for discussion, but there seem to be absolutely no appetite for it, either from government and businesses hungry for growth or religions seeking more faithful at any cost. 

So what can we do to raise awareness about this state of affairs? For one thing bring up the subject with friends, relatives and people we know. Plant the seed, so to speak! 

Then, develop an approach that starts with a desire to see the world population stabilize as soon as humanly possible, stop encouraging large families and educate, educate, educate about the real impact humans have on the planet, about the cost of raising kids and ways to control births. 

When that part is done, maybe it will be time to slowly decrease the numbers, but please, don’t hold your breath on that one...