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The U.S.Government Fostered Monopoly or Oligopoly Ownership Throughout Radio's History

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Essay title: The U.S.Government Fostered Monopoly or Oligopoly Ownership Throughout Radio's History

Ecology and Population Growth

The estimated human population on the Earth today has grown immensely in the past 100 years. Now it is estimated that over 6,650,000 people live on our planet. The number changes constantly because people die and infants are born. There are an estimated 261 births per minute and an estimated 120 deaths per minute in our world. Anything could put a dent into the population and the normal deaths. If there were a massive spread of a deadly infection that killed thousands then that would make a big dent in the population because they would no longer be living and they would no longer be able to produce offspring to augment the population. Less developed countries have more deaths per year as well. They have more deaths because of poverty, hunger, and not having the same medical care that other more developed countries have.

The human growth issue has had a great impact on our ecosystem. The world can only produce so much food in one area for that population so now scientists and farmers have turned to biotechnology to produce more food. As the population grows we need more places for people to live, shop, eat, or for recreational purposes. Building these places requires land and lots of it. Humans develop on land that may disrupt a whole species of a plant or animal that thrives on that land. As the years pass the population will grow because people are living longer and we will continue to

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