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NooneAtAll3 • today at 6:31 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

jevon's paradox says that improved efficiencies would increase consumption

I see a lot of comments here see "per capita" and think "residential consumption" - but the decrease is more indicating of general deindustrialization


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wood_spirit • today at 6:38 PM

If houses get more efficient that doesn’t mean we build more houses? A case where jevons paradox doesn’t apply?

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