Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: The Jevons Paradox is bullshit. [View all]NoOneMan
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N-o-t-h-i-n-g.
http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Jevons/jvnCQ.html
You are swinging at a straw man you built because you don't understand what you are talking about.
A "society" of 1 pregnant woman can increase her energy consumption by 66% but reduce per capita energy consumption below the starting point by having a baby. How does Jevon's Paradox apply to that system? It doesn't.
Jevon's Paradox is applicable to our global economy because despite all innovation in efficiency over the last 30 years, our global economy consumes more aggregate energy, outpacing the growth in human population. Sure, it probably doesn't satisfactory answer "why" but some more modern, less archaic and specific theories/postulates/ideas do.
In any case, you should admit talking about per capita stats in the US...was, well, irrelevant and borne from a misunderstanding