Jevons Paradox – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:28:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jevons Paradox – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 A test of Jevons paradox in energy use: Falling gas prices https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/21/a-test-of-jevons-paradox-in-energy-use-falling-gas-prices/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/21/a-test-of-jevons-paradox-in-energy-use-falling-gas-prices/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:28:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20799 Gas prices have fallen to nearly half (or more depending on your starting point) in recent months. Therefore, according to Jevons Paradox, which does indeed appear to exist sans apostrophe, use of gas should have gone up.

It did, but only by 1%.

So, we are not impressed with Jevons paradox.

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