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So, efficiency gains won't increase supply?

What does this have to do with Jevon's Paradox? Efficiency gains may, or may not, increase supply.

I'll give you a hint: peak oil is about supply.

But Jevon's Paradox isn't. Hint away! Smile

Whoops, I meant continental US crude. My mistake, correct as you see fit.

None that can be scaled up in time.

Really? I was going to address it myself in my garage, but I suppose that's a threa ...

But only for a while. The decrease came at the industrial level. In fact, auto fuel use never decreased; it increased. Google the data. And as you see from the chart I posted, that didn't last long. ...

Although, before peak. Jevon's Paradox is spot on. If I have a resource, I want to sell as much of it to as many people as possible to maximize profit, so of course, economically speaking, anything to ...

No, it is about the macro-economical effect. The Rebound effect takes up where Jevon's leaves off.

Look, you can dispute Jevon's until the cows come home, but until you provide hard data to support ...

Who says it is?

Why, the dictionary.

Of course. Your point?

You asked, "Who says it is?"

Broadly speaking, I suppose it's that Jevon's Paradox cannot apply post peak. That consumption is ...

Here's a nice marcoeconomic example. The US supply of crude oil peaked in ~1971 iirc, at this point the consumption of US crude was maximal. After 1971 vehicle efficiency increased, but consumption of ...

Who says it is?

Why, the dictionary.

Main Entry: consumption
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: use
Synonyms: burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruc ...

Efficiency gains cannot increase supply post peak?

Jevon's Paradox is not about supply, or availability. It is about consumption. Consumption is not supply. Consumption is not availability.

Increases in efficiency will not result in more of that resource.

No? What happens to the efficiency gains? They disapppear?

The resource net amount doesn't increase, only it's availability.
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Jeezus you people make my head hurt...

Jevons did not 'theorize' or 'postulate' that an increase in efficiency would ultimately lead to an increase in consumption; he simply observed that that's wh ...

Methane hydrate is a form of water ice that contains a large amount of methane within its crystal structure, called a clathrate hydrate. According to Kennett's hypothesis, climatic destabilization wou ...

TTT Since I think this is important and downplayed it erroneously.

I was asking where the proof was.

No, you didn't.

I said it was not an unproven theory or forecast. Both are proven.
Where?

Lets see... you mentioned that Jevon's Paradox is a proven theor ...