Indeed, common sense is more dangerous here than in physics because one is less willing to acknowledge that one's daily experience does not apply than with respect to gases or small particles. Yet natural resources become less and less scarce economically with every passing decade and century. The theory of impending scarcity is falsified by all the data from the past. Population growth and increase of income expand demand, forcing up prices of natural resources. The increased prices and the opportunities for productive research trigger the search for new supplies.
Most seekers fail, but eventually some succeed, and new sources and substitutes are found.
These discoveries leave humanity better off than if the shortages had not occurred. Hence humans beings create more than they destroy, on balance. Those who warn against real trouble help. Even if the warning is wrong, I do not criticise unless the warner is willfully ignorant or dishonest. But some forecasts are knowingly exaggerated or false.