No way out? The double-bind in seeking global prosperity alongside mitigated climate change

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10. Truthfully, telling me that a paper proves (among other things) that the “Jevons Paradox…is real”…

…is similar to telling me that an astronomical paper proves (among other things) that the Moon is made of green cheese.

My reaction is that since the author is promulgating one massive fundamental error (or misrepresentation) I’m not really interested in what other things the paper may have to say.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/02/16/207532/debunking-jevons-paradox-jim-barrett/

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Debunking the Jevons Paradox: Nobody goes there anymore, its too crowded[/font]

By Climate Guest Blogger on Feb 16, 2011 at 11:53 am

[font size=3]The “Jevons paradox,” asserts that increasing “the efficiency with which a resource is used tends to increase (rather than decrease) the rate of consumption of that resource.” It is mostly if not entirely bunk, as the scientific literature and leading experts have demonstrated many times (see “Efficiency lives -- the rebound effect, not so much“).

But it lingers on in part because it is one of those quirky, ill-defined contrarian notions that the media can’t get enough of and in part because those who oppose clean energy, often for bizarre ideological reasons, keep pushing it.

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