The Coal Question¶
Jevons, W. S. (1865). The Coal Question: An Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of Our Coal-Mines.
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Primes¶
- Jevons Paradox
- The pattern sits at the intersection of three structural facts: any efficiency gain that lowers the per-unit cost of using a resource is price-equivalent to a fall in that resource's price; price drops expand demand both by substitution toward the now-cheaper output and by opening new demand niches previously priced out; and when the demand expansion is more than proportional to the efficiency gain, total input use rises, the opposite of the naive prediction.
This sourceOriginal statement that improved fuel efficiency lowers the cost of use and raises total coal consumption rather than economizing it.
- The pattern sits at the intersection of three structural facts: any efficiency gain that lowers the per-unit cost of using a resource is price-equivalent to a fall in that resource's price; price drops expand demand both by substitution toward the now-cheaper output and by opening new demand niches previously priced out; and when the demand expansion is more than proportional to the efficiency gain, total input use rises, the opposite of the naive prediction.
Mechanisms¶
- Cap-and-Trade
- Under a pure efficiency mandate that extra demand would quietly erase the intended savings — the Jevons pattern.
This sourceExplains that greater resource-use efficiency can induce enough extra demand to erase the expected consumption savings.
- Under a pure efficiency mandate that extra demand would quietly erase the intended savings — the Jevons pattern.
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