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A Tour of the Jevons Paradox: How Energy Efficiency Backfires

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Efficiency isn't a tool for conserving energy --- it's a catalyst for technological sprawl.

A Tour of the Jevons Paradox: How Energy Efficiency Backfires – Economics from the Top Down

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A Tour of the Jevons Paradox: How Energy Efficiency Backfires – Economics from the Top Down

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A Tour of the Jevons Paradox: How Energy Efficiency Backfires – Economics from the Top Down

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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.