Overpopulation

Really am glad this conversatin is taking place.

This is the main justification for moving into space as it has been
for movement throughout all human history.

I do believe that this is the solution to overpopulation. Make more
land and resources available. Space is endless.

Of course, I am a realist, Space Colonies won't be viable for
overpopulation until Island Twos (One Hundred twenty thousand plus
population units) are being produced, perhaps not until Island Threes.

Problem is, and I have been arguing this for years, is the elite in
Washington and society in general think the best solution to
overpopulaton in the US and throughout the world is making
contraception and access to abortion freely available. Their
solution to overpopulation is by making infertile activities
acceptable. They want to give ten year olds condoms. They want to let
little girls go off and get contraceptives without permission of
their parents or even tell them. This is not the words of some Right
Wing extremist who has read the 'rantings' of the so called Religeus
Right. I have actually argued with some of these people. (Calling
them narrow minded is over rating their intelligence).

One of my ideas for a space colony novel is preventing the so
called 'Sexual Revolution' from happening. It didn't fly in the face
of the 'Birth Control for Ten year olds' set. Even though mankind
would be better off. We would be having this conversation from L5 or
L4. Families would have on average five or more kids. It would look a
bit like what we were a hundred years ago except more technologicly
advanced. Problem is I find most Americans (and I suspect the same
can be said for Europeans, Canadians and various others) just are not
ready to open their minds to this possible future.

This is my main reason for putting that novel aside and going to work
on my current project set during the French and Indian war when
Americans were pretty much a thriving large family oriented society.
Perhaps when I have established myself the space colony novel will be
viable.