[Perceval]

The traditional citations here are The Club of Rome and various environmentalist that reject the possibility of sustainable industrial civilization.

The Club of Rome published a famous book in 1968 called The Limits to Growth. They are seen as making a kind of modern day Malthusian argument.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_of_Rome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus