A Tour of the Jevons Paradox: How Energy Efficiency Backfires – Economics from the Top Down
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Efficiency isn't a tool for conserving energy --- it's a catalyst for technological sprawl.
  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Network Effect.

    Road designers understood this, probably as far back as the Romans.

    “Build it and they will come”. Whenever any network is expanded, it will have increased traffic.