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Old 01-22-2025, 10:59 PM   #1756 (permalink)
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When energy is relatively cheap, the impetus to conserve it is not there.
Not if you work from first principles. Jevons Paradox is the first entry under See Also on the Wikipedia page. Did you find it there or was it on the tip of your tongue the whole time?
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