Britain is Getting Small

Carlos Malcon Matute Castillo.
EAP2-A. Writer's Workshop.
Mr. Laveret.

Britain is Getting Small

According to the article "UK Population will be biggest in EU" written by Shan Ross, the British population will become the largest in Europe by 2060. If this is about going to become true, it looks as if this country will dwarf some European Countries, such as Germany, for instance. And some other difficult situations, will come up soon, such as payment for the pensions, including health care costs, the limit of working age, which indeed will have to be raised, climate change, and the distributions of resources, which might be hard to face for the population as it growth speeds up.

After reading, this article, in contrast, the article, made me think about some questions that relate to the problem, for example: To avoid this projection of overpopulation growth, what would if be necessary to do? if the government and other related people want to do something, what should they do? What priorities should be taken into account to control the birth rate? How will the government manage retirement for aged people? Is there, already, any balance, between birth rate and death rate? It looks like the Britain is also getting the highest birth rate out the twelve percent that correspond to the rest of the European countries (Tyler, p.20). And, on the other hand, some other questions should be stated to deal with this upcoming situation. Moreover, the argument should not only be around, birth control rate, and retirement projection of the whole population, but also on environment, pollution, food, work availability, and the resources the country should keep in order to contribute to the population development.
Dealing with overpopulation has been hard for me because, from what I have read, it looks as if there aren’t enough points of view to stand for or to become against the best prevention or solution. Nevertheless, the reading I have just done only states expectations on how much overpopulation will be , and on the problems that Britain will face. As a result, in my concern, this kind of reading is only prompting reflections about what is going on, instead of also starting to propose, seriously, on how to create the best solutions to keep a better life in that country. Besides, if I would be asked, about what to do and considering the point from the article, from Ross, that says, "At the present there are four people of working age for each person aged 65 of over," I would recommend starting to control the birth rate, because there is a need to reach a balance. On the other hand, British people should start considing the population they have, at working age, will not be able to support retiree people, and pension will not longer be expected, as timebomb (Ross).
In fact, it is been written in the article, by Ross, that the amount of women in the workforce has increased. I would also analyze what is the population, that is mostly contributing to the high growth? Because, I know, Britain has a lot immigrants from other worldwide countries who come in order to find and establish an accurate balance, of any kind, to contribute to the development by distributing, fairly, pension payment, food, natural resources, and healthcare, among others.

By writing articles on overpopulation, it is not only a matter of just prompting consciousness or just telling what is going on about the issue of high population upcoming, in each country, as Britain or any other countries that are currently undergoing this situation, but also, in my personal opinion it is a matter of starting to write and search for the best solution that would overcome the high population growth or would state a balance.


Reference:

Ross, Sh. (2008, August 27). UK population will be biggest in EU. The Scotman. Pg. 7. Retrieved on January 23, 2009, from Nexis-Lexis.
Tyler, G. (1994) Environment: Problems and Solutions. Belmont, California.Pg.20