Thesis and Recipe

By the 19th century, the world’s population had grown to one billion. Less than 250 years after, the world’s population has reached nearly seven billion. The United States, like much of the rest of the world, has increased its population size as well – however, this increase in population has created a high demand of energy and resources unlike any other major nation.
It is a common consensus that the current world population size is at fault for high demands of resources and energy; however, when one analyzes consumption data, the notion has little truth to it. What are at fault are small populations of major nations, such as the United States, who consume a majority of the world’s resources. The population in the United States is relatively small when compared to developing nations with high populations such as India, China, and Mexico; however, the United States is a major consumer of much of the world’s natural resources to meet the demand put forth by its increasing amount of citizens.
The following research analyzes and contrasts energy consumption rates and population growth in the United States. High and low end projections for the population size are used to predict the amount of electricity, petroleum, and coal that will be consumed in 2100. Comparisons between the consumption rates of both the United States and India in the past 50 years are made to emphasize the notion that it is generally the first-world, industrialized nations that are responsible for the world’s depleting resources. Because the burning of fossil fuels harms the environment, an effective manner of reducing the impact is to stabilize the growing rate in global population through the use of contraceptives made widely available for all to use.

" What are at fault are small populations of major nations, such as the United States, who consume a majority of the world’s resources."



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Recipe Idea

Lettuce Wrap:

Ingredients:

1 head iceberg lettuce or romaine lettuce leaves (whichever you prefer)
Sauce:
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon dry sherry
1 teaspoon sugar
Remaining Ingredients:
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 slice ginger, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
2 green onions, chopped
1 lb meat from chicken breasts or sliced white chicken meat
1 red pepper, seeded and diced
1 can water chestnuts, rinsed in warm running water and chopped
1 stalk celery, diced
1 teaspoon cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons water

This seems to be a generic lettuce wrap recipe. There is much more room for improvement/addition.