Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by Unbeliever69 on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:58AM (#31640549)

Jevon's Paradox - learned a lot reading The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by guerrilla on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:15AM (#31641555)

Thanks. I was trying to remember the name of that. Highly relevant and likely explanatory for at least some of what's going on.

> In economics, the Jevons paradox (/ˈdʒɛvənz/; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of use increases its demand, negating the efficiency gains.

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