The Jevons paradox and the myth of resource efficiency improvements

By F. Schneider. 2010

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In defence of degrowth (2011, background): “And this may have to do with the fact that efficiency improvements tend to rebound to increased consumption as relative prices fall (Polimeni et al., 2008; Sorrell, 2007).”
The Circular Economy at a Crossroads: Technocratic Eco-Modernism or Convivial Technology for Social Revolution? (2020, background): “Another physical limitation is the vulnerability of CE to rebound effects, e.g. the fact that it has been empirically observed that increased efficiency eventually leads to a faster and greater use of natural resources (Polimeni et al. 2008; Korhonen et al. 2018).”
Are the Economy and the Environment Decoupling? A Comparative International Study, 1960–20051 (2012, background): “The third measure, emissions per unit of production, is widely used to quantify relative levels of ecoefficiency (e.g., Roberts, Grimes, and Manale 2003; Polimeni et al. 2008; York, Rosa, and Dietz 2009).”
Economic de-growth vs. steady-state economy (2010, background): “The reduction of (A) by sufficiency and frugality as well as that of (T) by acting more environmentally conscious and by technological progress cannot proceed indefinitely [56], so (I) will inevitably continue to grow if population is not stabilized or decreased.”
Understanding the Jevons paradox (2016, background): “…positive association between efficiency and resource use, which has come to be known as the Jevons paradox, has been observed with various resources and technologies at multiple scales and in many contexts (Alcott 2005; Clark and Foster 2001; Polimeni et al. 2008; Sorrell 2007, 2009; York 2006).”
Energy, Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability: Five Propositions (2010, background): “Polimeni [23] provides econometric evidence for this process for a number of countries and time periods, lending support to the argument that this is a universal phenomenon.”
Impact caps: why population, affluence and technology strategies should be abandoned. (2010, background): “Within IPAT, that is, the ratios A and T alone yield no information about I [17].”
Sustainable de-growth: Mapping the context, criticisms and future prospects of an emergent paradigm (2010, background): “In the view of SSE, technological progress would increase the ratio of GDP per unit of throughput although limited by (i) rebound effects (see e.g., Polimeni et al., 2008), (ii) investments in innovation which spurs economic growth (Czech, 2003) and ultimately (associatedwith a geological long-run…”
Socially sustainable degrowth as a social–ecological transformation: repoliticizing sustainability (2015, background): “Additionally, degrowth calls attention to the fact that eco-efficiency gains are often re-invested in further consumption or economic activities that counterbalance the improvements achieved (Jevons’ Paradox or rebound effect, Polimeni et al. 2007).”
Simple Myths and Basic Maths About Greening Irrigation (2014, background): “…certain conditions an increase in the technical efficiency may lead to an increase in the use of a resource is well known in economics at least since the XIXth century and has received different names, such as the Khazzoom-Brookes Effect or the Jevons’ Paradox (Alcott, 2008, 2005; Khazzoom, 1989).”