"Energy Emergence: Rebound and Backfire as Emergent Phenomena" finds extensive evidence and a strong expert consensus that a large amount of the energy savings from below-cost energy efficiency are eroded by demand 'rebound effects,' and that in some cases the rebound exceeds the savings, resulting in increased energy consumption from efficiency, known as backfire. The report contains a comprehensive review of the expert literature.The BreakThrough
It is not a discovery, it is a central principle of economics. The goal is to replace all of the fossil fuel consumption with three or four times as much algae fuels. When we make the economy boom again, we will double our energy consumption within a few years.
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