Thursday, April 15, 2010

The Rebound Effect

The latest episode. Comments please.The Rebound EffectThe Khazzoom-Brookes Postulate (Brookes, 1990; Khazzoom, 1980, Berkhout et al., 2000), or "rebound effect," argues that energy saving innovations induce an increase in energy consumption that offsets the technology derived saving. Rebound effects can be defined for energy saving innovations in consumption and production. A consumer consumes

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