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A Tour of the Jevons Paradox: How Energy Efficiency Backfires – Economics from the Top Down (economicsfromthetopdown.com)
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[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Now that's strange, they energy efficiency leads to greater energy consumption. But, as always, this blog clarified the problem brilliantly