Sinful activities, not overpopulation, cause scarcity; only brahmanas can solve society's problems through Krishna consciousness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: ...jail, it is not due to overpopulation. It is due to overcriminality. Similarly, whenever there is scarcity of supply or scarcity of food, it is not due to overpopulation. It is due to overcriminality or over-sinful activities.
Due to over-sinful activities, not overpopulation. It is a bogus theory. That is stated, tān ahaṁ dviṣataḥ krūrān [Bg 16.19]. Those who are devils, who are demons... Jagadīśa: What was that verse, Śrīla Prabhupāda? Prabhupāda: Tān aham. Jagadīśa: Tān. Prabhupāda: For the demons.
Demons and godless people must be suffering. You cannot make a solution. You cannot surpass the law of nature. Daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā [Bg 7.14].
There is enough water in the ocean, but still you are suffering for scarcity of water. Why? What is the answer? Jagadīśa: Their answer or my answer? Prabhupāda: What their answer, these rascals? Just like in Europe there is scarcity of water, they proposed to import, rascal.
But there are so many oceans. So where is the scarcity of water? But why you cannot use it? Unless there is intervention by the nature's law you cannot use it.
Therefore you are completely under the laws of nature. Nature will punish you, nature will reward you, according to your acts. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi, ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā [Bg 3.27]. You are falsely thinking that you are independent.
A slight deviation from the laws of nature will put you into difficulty. Immediately there are. You can close this door. [break] ...population. In any case, one can be punished when the nature's supply is restricted.