Jevons paradox
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In economics, the Jevons paradox (Template:IPAc-en; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the rate of consumption of that resource rises due to increasing demand.
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See also
- Downs–Thomson paradox: increasing road capacity can make traffic congestion worse
- Rebound effect (conservation)
- Wirth's law: faster hardware can trigger the development of less-efficient software
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