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 | The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements (Earthscan Research Editions) (1st Edition) by John M. Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro, Blake Alcott Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 1-84407-462-5 / 1844074625 ISBN-13: 978-1-84407-462-4 / 9781844074624 �The Jevons Paradox�, which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction. This has subsequently been proved to apply not just to fossil fu | |