In economics, the Jevons paradox (/ ˈdʒɛvənz /; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological advancements make a resource more efficient to use (thereby reducing the amount needed for a single application); however, as the cost of using the resource drops, overall demand increases causing total resource consumption to rise. [1][2][3 ...

The Jevons Paradox is when making something work better actually leads to using more of it, not less. Imagine you have a really fast bike that makes you use less energy to speed up.

May 18, 2024 · The Jevons Paradox is the product of a capitalist economic system that is unable to conserve on a macro scale, geared, as it is, to maximizing the throughput of energy and materials from resource tap to final waste sink.

Mar 22, 2024 · Jevons Paradox occurs when technological progress or policy measures increase the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount needed for any one use), but the rate of consumption of that resource rises due to increasing demand.

Apr 3, 2018 · The term “Jevons Paradox” flags the need to consider the different hierarchical scales at which a system under analysis changes its identity in response to an innovation.

Jul 12, 2023 · The Jevons Paradox has significant implications for policymakers, businesses, and individuals concerned about resource conservation and sustainability. It suggests that relying solely on improving efficiency may not be sufficient to …

Apr 27, 2019 · The term “Jevons Paradox” is used to refer to those situations where an efficiency increase for the use of a resource is followed by an increase of the use of that resource. The Jevons Paradox takes its name from the nineteenth …

Dec 2, 2015 · There is considerable debate about the connections between efficiency and levels of resource consumption, particularly about the Jevons paradox and the rebound effect.

A widely cited formulation of Jevons’ Paradox is as follows: ‘with fixed real energy prices, energy-efficiency gains will increase energy consump-tion above what it would be without these gains’ (Saunders, 1992).

Jul 1, 2005 · Jevons writes with the same uneasiness we feel today about overburdening the planet and exhausting its resources. Is greater material or energy efficiency a remedy, as many optimists and some environmentalists believe?