Terrifying/Inspiring Thought of the Week
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In economics, the Jevons paradox occurs when technological progress increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of use increases demand enough so that resource use is increased, rather than reduced.
Do we need to overcome Jevons paradox to save ourselves?
How do we do that?
It often feels like inventing the "pepetimum mobilae, or the ever continuing moving, without putting energy in it. Simply impossible!