The Tata Nano and Jevons Paradox

A small snippet of news to underline the comments that I have made about the Tata Nano. In a normal year automobile sales in India run abou...

Gentle Cough - Jevons Paradox and the Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor has a comment on the likelihood of people driving more as fuel efficiency gets better. It notes that in its m...

The risks of "cap and trade"

When discussions arise about Climate Change, and the possibility that carbon dioxide and the other greenhouse gases are responsible for the ...

Jevons Paradox - or a gentle cough concerning energy efficiency

There is a common thread to almost all recommendations that deal with the problems associated with our dependence on fossil fuels, whether t...