The Jevons paradox and the myth of resource efficiency improvements
'This extraordinary and timely book focuses on a basic problem involved in achieving major energy conservation. As the authors explain the Jevons Paradox emphasizes that simply reducing energy use in one system actually often results in increasing energy use in another system. The issue of sustainability cannot be handled just by looking for silver bullets ... ' DAVID PIMENTEL PROFESSOR EMERITUS DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CORNELL UNIVERSITY 'Efficiency first does not give frugality second; it makes frugality less necessary. But if we seek frugality first we get efficiency se
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9781849773102, 9781844074624, 9781435616257, 9781315781358, 1849773106, 1844074625, 1435616251, 1315781352
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Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Historical Overview of the Jevons Paradox in the Literature; Chapter 3 The Jevons Paradox: The Evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Challenge for Scientific Analysis; Chapter 4 Empirical Evidence for the Jevons Paradox; Chapter 5 Conclusion; Index