The surface area of our Earth is far from increasing, and the rate at which we populate it is far from decreasing. Larger countries, such as China have even applied certain taxes and laws to prevent families from becoming too large by their own standards. For example, the taxes a family pays would dramatically increase with each new child that the parents conceive. With tactics such as these being applied, the ultimate question becomes a …showed first 75 words of 1249 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1249 total…and there are conditions that people live in that are steadily headed toward being labeled unsuitable for life. In the distant future, humans will be forced to develop a solution to this over population and overuse of natural resources. With the help of a hypothetical microbe, we may be one step closer to knowing how we will survive and where we will go when the day comes when we will have to make a decision.