The Paula Gordon Show Little Fixes for Big Problems Peter Kostmayer . Mr. Kostmayer was a United States Congressman for 14 years, representing a district that stretched from Philadephia into the Pennsylvania countryside. The exploding human population is one of the biggest problems in the world. It s also one of the easiest to solve, says Kostmayer.
Fertility rates comes down when women s education and economic levels go up.
ZPG and Kostmayer want to educate the American public about population. At our current rate of growth, the number of people on earth will double in 50 years. That means 12 billion people compared to today s 5.9 billion. Population growth is not a Third World problem. Fifty percent of all births in America are unintended.