Instead of a population explosion we are headed towards a population collapse.

A basic problem in Europe is that wind and solar cannot supply all the energy needs without enormous energy-storage projects. Given the intermittent nature of wind and solar, fossil plants are still required until there are practical ways of storing weeks of energy for the electrical grid.

There are wind turbines on practically every hilltop in most of Scotland, yet the Scots are seeing at soaring fuel costs as result of the reduced flow of Russian natural gas. Meanwhile Russians a enjoy plentiful supply of cheap natural gas.