Tom Friedman channels his inner Malthus in this piece:
For a riposte to gloomy Malthusian predictions, check out this 2001 Reason Magazine interview of Economist Paul Romer:
http://reason.com/archives/2001/12/01/post-scarcity-prophet
Update: Bjorn Lomborg has an excellent piece on how innovation may help save the planet:
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/12/bjorn-lomborg-explains-how-to-save-the-planet.print.html
Update: Bjorn Lomborg has an excellent piece on how innovation may help save the planet:
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/12/bjorn-lomborg-explains-how-to-save-the-planet.print.html