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19growth because we are creating more resources by cutting down trees tocreate more farm land, by draining rivers, and by creating more waste. Aswell, Al Gore mentions that in the last 200 years population has exploded.This means that we are responsible for harming the environment.Lester Brown argues the same in his essay. For example, “Each yearthere are 79 million more people at the dinner table” (364). How’s the planetsupposed to bear with all of us? No wonder we’re damaging the environmentin order for us to survive. Just as in David Guggenheim’s documentary,Lester Brown says “the overwhelming majority of these individuals are beingadded in countries where soils are eroding, water tables are falling, andirrigation wells are being dry” (364). Both agree that population growth isoccurring where it’s harmful for the people. For example, population growthis occurring especially in countries located especially in Africa, Asia, andCentral America. These locations barely have resources to live from andthese results in hunger growth. For example, food development and wateravailability are necessary everywhere. These resources are causing humansto harm the environment to make sure no one dies because of hunger.However, Lester Brown also says “if we cannot get the brakes on populationgrowth, we may not be able to eradicate hunger” (364). Hunger is mostlyfound in the developing countries. Therefore, humans are responsible forharming the environment.Second, food and water demand is growing and growing quickly. In AnInconvenient Truth, Al Gore says “population growth and rising livingstandards drive demand for food”. In the documentary, Al Gore presents agraph in which food demand is much greater in developing countries thandeveloped countries. Along with that graph, it also predicts the food demandthat is going to be in the future. For example, in 2015, the food demand willbe at 17 trillion kcal per day, and in 2050, it will be at 25 trillion kcal perday. This harms the environment because there’s going to be more