technological progress that increases the efficiency with which a resource is used tends to increase (rather than decrease) the rate of consumption of that resource Wikipedia: The Jevons paradox See also: the rebound effect See also: David Owen’s December 2010 New Yorker article “The Efficiency Dilemma”
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