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Jevons, William Stanley
Paradoxes
Energy Efficiency Increases Total Energy Use

The Jevons Paradox

Technological progress that increases the efficiency with which a resource is used tends to increase (rather than decrease) the rate of consumption of that resource. [Wikipedia]

Subtopics:
The Jevons Paradox Miscellany
The Jevons Paradox 2016 to Now
The Jevons Paradox through 2015
Renewable Energy Is Not Reducing Fossil Fuel Use
energy transition must greatly reduce overal energy usage
webRichard HeinbergResilience2024-08-22
high electricity demand for data servers and electric cars
webSpencer KimballCNBC2024-06-30
record fossil fuel emissions despite extreme weather
webLaura PaddisonCNN2024-06-20
renewables growth has not reduced 82% fossil fuels
webTsvetana ParaskovaOilprice.com2023-06-26
renewable energy is just adding to fossil energy so far
webRichard York, Shannon Elizabet...Energy Research & Social Scien...2019-01-16
Adding Lanes to a Highway Increases Traffic
claiming that widening highways reduces emissions
webDavid ZipperVox2024-07-29
the Downs-Thomson paradox in Wikipedia
webWikipedia2023-03-01
the appeal of highway expansion (induced demand)
webDavid ZipperBloomberg2021-09-28
how more lanes and money mean more traffic congestion
webTransportation for America2020-03-01
if you build it, they will drive (induced demand for travel)
webKent HymelTransport Policy2019-02-15
the fundamental law of road congestion
webGilles Duranton, Matthew A. Tu...American Economic Review2011-10-01