Malthus was wrong, extraordinarily so.<p>His mistake at its root was: humans as a creative, efficient, effective problem solving species.<p>There isn&#x27;t an example yet where humans have failed to think their way out of a massive, species sized problem. And as a whole sum we&#x27;re getting better at solving problems, faster, rather than worse.<p>There will always be human created solutions to stave off every big disaster. There isn&#x27;t a realistic example of an inbound disaster that we can&#x27;t obviously take care of with our brains, or for which there aren&#x27;t already solutions.<p>We long since have invented multiple cheap energy sources that will continue to stave off &#x27;disaster.&#x27; Nuclear, solar, wind - those alone will take care of the future, even if we don&#x27;t figure out more advanced energy production. In 50 years, solar will be extraordinarily cheap; it already is cost effective.<p>The US could spend a trillion dollars and put another 500 nuclear reactors into place and guarantee our energy security for another hundred years (or perpetually if the plants continued to be used). We&#x27;ve already solved the mess of nuclear waste, now it&#x27;s merely a matter of time to deploy the technology - less than 20 years. And yes, even with $7 billion plants, nuclear is still cheap energy, and it&#x27;s going to get even cheaper.