Summary of Terribles Consecuencias de la Superpoblación (Documental)

00:00:00 - 00:10:00

The documentary discusses the consequences of population growth, including the increase in pollution, the decline of wildlife, and the increasing number of people who die from hunger. It also points out that such pressures are likely to worsen in the future.

• 00:00:00 The video discusses the consequences of population growth, and how quickly it would happen if the world's population were to reach 14,000 million people. Within 59 years, the population would double again. However, the world is already struggling with the effects of 7,000 million people, and all countries are overwhelmed. A planet overloaded and frustrating, all inhabitants of the planet need food, water, and places to live. Even with doubling the population of the world, we would still have insufficient space, food, and resources to feed everyone. We would need to create farmland 10 times the size of the United States, and build homes for 14,000 million people in Manhattan. Meanwhile, millions of people are hungry and prices for food are increasing rapidly. Economists call this "the hyperinflation of a grocery store purchase," costing an average of 700 dollars. With so many people, infrastructure cannot handle the constant demand. Thus, we need to build more homes, but the population is already filling them up. When all construction is finished, there will be too many people and the luxury of single-family homes will be gone. Cities are already overcrowded and people are paying high prices for new construction. We need 100 trees to build one house. Massive efforts are being made
• 00:05:00 The documentary discusses the consequences of population growth, including overflow when there are storms, strong; now, it usually happens whenever it rains; wastes overflow to rivers, and homes' water supplies are contaminated; lack of safe water causes diarrhea outbreaks; inadequate sanitation causes rat infestation; disease rates increase in overcrowded cities; the source is leptospirosis, a deadly disease that rats spread in the United States; hospitals are overcrowded with patients with diseases that haven't been seen in the country for a century; malaria, fever tifoidea, and all due to contaminated water; water is the main problem in this new world full of people; this covers 70% of the earth, but is mostly salty; only 3% of that salty water is used for drinking; homes have a limit of 55 liters per day; water meters will be checked regularly to ensure compliance with water restrictions; the water that has always been assumed to be a precious resource in the Western world is now a scarce commodity; before the growth of the population, one household used an average of 870 liters of water per day for personal hygiene; now, due to population growth, this is being reduced to only a few hours per day; we remind people that between 2 and
• 00:10:00 The documentary discusses the consequences of population growth, including the increase in pollution, the decline of wildlife, and the increasing number of people who die from hunger. It also points out that such pressures are likely to worsen in the future.