Comment Re:We knew this will happen 50 years ago already (Score 2) 210
Believers in Malthusianism are ridiculed because the concept has already proven to be wrong. The rate of population growth not only peaked long ago, it is actually in strong decline. As nations become prosperous, population growth tends toward the replacement rate, or even below it. Please see the excellent talk Nuclear Australia - Energy Freedom by Dr. Ben Heard, which covers this in the first few minutes. There is much reason to be positive about the future, and the sooner we pull the rest of the world out of poverty, the better for all.
Fortunately, it doesn't require the developed world to sacrifice anything, only to export and encourage technologies which can provide abundant and reliable clean energy, cheaper than from fossil fuels. The world will continue to develop, and the population will naturally stabilize; the only question, is whether they choose coal or we afford them access to a truly sustainable alternative. Renewables will play a part, but they alone can't support an industrial economy.