William Stanley Jevons
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William Stanley Jevons was an English economist and logician.
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Jevons in Sydney (age 22)
Portrait of W. Stanley Jevons at 42, by G.F. Stodart
Portrait of Jevons published in the Popular Science Monthly in 1877
Jevons paradox
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The Jevons paradox or Jevons effect is an economic phenomenon said to occur when technological improvements that increase the efficiency of a resource's use lead to a rise, rather than a fall, in tota
William Stanley Jevons
…supplies and also put forth the view that increases in energy production efficiency leads to more, not less, consumption. This view is known today as the Jevons paradox, named after him. Due to this particular work, Jevons is regarded today as the first economist of some standing to develop an 'ecological' perspective…
Coal-burning factories in 19th-century Manchester, England. Improved technology allowed coal to fuel the Industrial Revolution, greatly increasing the consumption of coal.
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