Theres over 8 billion people on earth right now… so in order to feed that many people some pretty inhumane and unethical and unhealthy things have to be done.
People of Earth also have to feed around 25 billion livestock per year as well. And those creatures are slaughtered yearly or thereabouts.
People of Earth also have to feed farm raised fish. I think that number is around 150 million tons that we have to feed.
Creatures of Earth that we do not eat also have to eat. Pets. Zoos. I think we maintain around 1 billion pets.
The current plan is that we know that humans are pretty resilient and can eat/smoke/drink just about anything for 50 sum years. Fast food, junk food, sodas, liquors, sugar, fat… after that health declines then the medical industry comes to the rescue with drugs and surgeries to add another decade or so. Ever wonder why there are more pharmacies in your town than grocery stores? (they are even in the grocery stores).
There is no plan. There cant be a plan to feed 40 billion creatures sustainably and humanely. Calories are the current plan. Just feed everything calories. Grains are easy… just plant a seed…rape the soil and repeat.
Could there be a plan? Sure. Instead of a pristine front lawn… everyone grows a garden. Rip out the oaks and maples in the front yard and parks and plant fruit trees. Convert box stores to stop selling annual flowers and have them sell plants that feed people. Encourage farmers markets. Share food with your neighbor… Rely less on grocery stores. Stop calling things ‘sprays’… use the real word every once in awhile. Poison.
Instead of feed lots and chicken houses… let animals graze.
Stop raping the oceans. Stop raping the land. Stop deforestation.
I could go on…i dont expect any likes or agreement… the fact is that we as humans are doing some pretty dumb things to our planet and have been for awhile. Yeah its cool to say that there are 8 billion people on Earth and we harvest and slaughter 40 sum billion creatures (dont forget about the oceans)…but its not working. People are getting sicker… theres a new disease or something every month or year now. Our answer is more pills, more vaccinations, more surgeries.
What would be a good plan? Individually you have to make better decisions. You cannot do anything about the overpopulation of Earth. The current news cycle encourages more population… more taxpayers, more consumers… more patients.
Plant a tree…grow a garden… dont eat the garbage they want you to. Stay out of the doctors office as much as you can…and spend more time in your garden and orchard.
The plan as i see it is to rape this planet for everything it has. Consume until it has nothing left to consume then colonize on another planet. I think maybe Mars is what they are hoping for.
Until then disease, sickness, fires, flooding, global warming, drought, famine, recession, depression, wars etc will continue to rise as they have been. Every one of those things are in the current news cycle.
In summary- keep doing what you have been doing. Its just a matter of time until the next extinction event anyways.
Yes Clark…eat more acorns.