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Jevons Paradox
By William Stanley Jevons“ In economics, the Jevons paradox occurs when technological advancements make a resource more efficient to use (thereby reducing the amount needed for a single application); however, as the cost of using the resource drops, overall demand increases causing total resource consumption to rise.”
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