I am not a Malthusian, that is just a convenient generalization that you have tagged me with. Look at Easter Island – It was once populated with trees and was an island paradise. Since Europeans arrived they turned it into a desert. (proven by recent archaeological evidence). Thus, Easter Island is a microcosm of what is going to happen to the rest of the planet soon enough.
Can you provide any evidence that coal and oil had nothing to do with global population growth?
DDT and similar chemicals are still used in some South American and African countries because they have non-existent pesticide regulations and government controls. Thus, this is why you still get so called ‘Ebola’ and ‘Zita viruses’. lol