The Industrial Revolution changed the world by loosening humans’ dependency on nature, facilitating transportation, and advancing technology for society. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, humans were captive to the “biological old regime”. All the energy that was available for production resided in what could be provided by the sun and nature. Thus the economy of a particular region had a ceiling that could not be passed. With the discovery and use of coal, however, a new source of energy was added to England’s economy, allowing their production to surpass that ceiling. This removed the comparative disadvantage that England had against sunnier, more tropical nations with more land like China and India (97). Also, where India and China