http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/12/does-increased-tech-efficiency-lead-to-greater-resource-use/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/12/does-increased-tech-efficiency-lead-to-greater-resource-use/comment-page-1/#comment-12312 Tom Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:51:02 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/12/does-increased-tech-efficiency-lead-to-greater-resource-use/#comment-12312 I'm not sure if their work is generally dismissed or even considered in these circles or not, but I am reminded here of the Peter Huber & Mark Mills book "The Bottomless Well", mentioned in a previous post of mine "the efficiency conundrum", stating that efficiency generally leads to increased energy use. Perhaps they were just borrowing the idea from Jevons. Interesting post. I’m not sure if their work is generally dismissed or even considered in these circles or not, but I am reminded here of the Peter Huber & Mark Mills book “The Bottomless Well”, mentioned in a previous post of mine “the efficiency conundrum”, stating that efficiency generally leads to increased energy use. Perhaps they were just borrowing the idea from Jevons.
Interesting post.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/12/does-increased-tech-efficiency-lead-to-greater-resource-use/comment-page-1/#comment-12311 odograph Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:50:22 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/12/does-increased-tech-efficiency-lead-to-greater-resource-use/#comment-12311 The key for me is that Germany and Japan have achieved net reductions in oil consuption since the 1990s. That at least proves that Jeavons' is not the only factor. (Perhaps the wide span mentioned above, "1975 and 1996" is misleading because it does not include the post 90's reversal.) The key for me is that Germany and Japan have achieved net reductions in oil consuption since the 1990s.
That at least proves that Jeavons’ is not the only factor.
(Perhaps the wide span mentioned above, “1975 and 1996″ is misleading because it does not include the post 90′s reversal.)

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