ABSTRACT
The beginning of the Industrial age can be placed at or around the year 1700. Education and realistic outlook on life combined in the British society to use this knowledge to further all kinds of industrial projects, to develop transportation on ground and, on the oceans, and thereby also to dominate politically. Human progress radiated out like a beacon in the darkness spreading from England to other parts of the developed world. Simultaneously, with the enormous spread of British presence around the globe came an increase in the home population. The theory is that the Third World countries will also come to a saturation level in their birth rate after they have passed through the industrial stage. This theory of population limitation or control of fertility assumes that irrespective of population type the increase in gross national product and the attendant increase in energy use with its effects on lifestyle will limit the rate of growth.
