NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: William Stanley Jevons, The Coal Question, Jevons Paradox
15 Dec 2013
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Flexible, resilient, sustainable, benign: renewable (sustainable is best, diverse (probably decentralized, flexible (low-tech, scale and geographic distribution matched to end use needs, energy quality matched to end-use needs. Hard: sustained growth in energy consumption, maximize supply by squeezing all domestic resources, structure. Centralized, bypasses the market, concentrated political power, urbanization, huge and high-tech. Economics no longer favours infinite growth of electrical consumption, but a levelling off instead (5:07) The rebound effect (william stanley jevons 1835-1882, the coal question 1865) It is a confusion of ideas to supposed that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to diminished consumption. Between 1993 and 2005, ac efficiency increased by 28% But in usa, homes with ac increased their energy consumption by 37% No (are you recalling chabris & simons, chap. 28) The more you have the more you buy, including cool air. Homes with ac increased from 38% - 75% Canada ranked 56th of 57 countries in terms of tackling emissions.
