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In reply to the discussion: The Jevons Paradox is bullshit. [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)16. "I've shown that energy consumption is almost entirely related to population growth"
To quote GG:
Between 1980 and 2010 the world population grew by about 50% - an average of 1.5% per year. Population growth has not been exponential since the early 1970s. We have been on a "growth plateau" of just under 80 million people per year over that time, meaning that the percentage growth rate is dropping. It's now south of 1.1% per year - half what it was in 1970.
Between 1980 and 2010 the world's industrial output (not GDP, just industrial production) grew by about 125% - at an average of 2.75% per year.. What's worse is that the rate of industrial growth has been increasing over time - from about 2% per annum in the 1980s to about 4% last year.
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It sounds like a 75% reduction in population would then save us ............
Angry Dragon
Jan 2013
#1
If we wanted to simplify the problem, pretending it doesn't exist may be easier
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#7
Its non-news. Its fiction in the manner its being applied. You don't know what you are talking about
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#12
There are about 5 billion people that are in fact hell-bent on consumption
GliderGuider
Jan 2013
#14
You claimed that it's not a consumption problem, it's a population problem
GliderGuider
Jan 2013
#20
Why are you looking at per capita energy consumption? What does Jevon's Paradox say about it?
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#13
"I've shown that energy consumption is almost entirely related to population growth"
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#16
Because they are using the energy freed up by our efficient innovations, and adopting them as well!
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#22
Why, it certainly has correlated to growth in consumption within the global context
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#35