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A comment on Jevons paradox.

Re:Jevons paradox by basicplus2 on Sunday April 08, 2018 @05:27AM (#16785373)
This is about making a cheaper energy source available thus enabling previously uneconomic activities to be possible, so not so mysterious
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Re:Jevons paradox by horsecaptin on Monday April 09, 2018 @01:23AM (#16790620)
Yup - the same applies to any resource or service. As costs go down so o barriers to entry.

The article makes a good point in pointing out that people often overlook this when talking about efficiencies leading to lower consumption of resources.

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Re:Jevons paradox by lcamacho84 on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:24AM (#16791290)
There is a concept in ecology that relates to this one [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effect_(conservation)

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Re:Jevons paradox by jwilk on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:47AM (#16791377)
Does anyone know why econlib.org is blacklisted on Wikipedia?
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Re:Jevons paradox by dredmorbius on Monday April 09, 2018 @06:14AM (#16791735)
I wasn't aware that it is, and cannot find it on the RS noticeboard:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=econlib&...

Though it's listed on the spam page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist

My guess would be: spamming.

The addition was logged in March, 2017:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/...

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