GLOBAL WARMING:ECOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT.PART 28

In the second essay,he dealt with vast amount of data to support his argument that the reason population did not grow much faster,than it did was linked to hardship that man experienced,due to the tendency to outgrow subsistence means.That hunger and disease were natural positive checks that keep population from explosion and skyrocketed death rates.He did not consider the workability of contraception,that was later by his disciples like Francis Place, Richard Carlile.Beginning in 1823,Place had begun its active propaganda, the defense of Malthus,refuting Godwin's perfectionism.Malthus was doubtful,having been fully convinced of the conditions of his time that food and a host of other necessities of life could grow enough to cater for the needs of progenies that man was able to produce or likely to produce.Those who opposed him,were in his view greatly exaggerated the possibilities in human welfare growth,they had envisaged with the application of science and technology to agriculture but saw limitations.