[Greenbuilding] Debunking Energy Efficency

[Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance]

Obviously there are exceptions, but there is an impressive list of examples supporting the postulate, some of which have been addressed on this list in subsequent emails. Here's another of Jevons's: when iron could be smelting more efficiently, more iron was smelted--demand filled the vacuum.

Mary Bull, Co-director
Greenwood Earth Alliance, Save the Redwoods - Boycott the Gap Campaign
252 Frederick, San Francisco, CA 94117 http://www.gapsucks.org
Chalice Farm and Sustainable Living Center, 748 Montgomery Rd, Sebastopol CA 95472
415-731-7924 - 415-509-1188 chalicenew at earthlink.net
 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Frank Flynn 
  To: Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance 
  Cc: Greenbuilding 
  Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Debunking Energy Efficency




  So let's hang on a second here - I recently bought one of those High Efficiency washing machines - and you're telling me that this means I'm going to have _more_ laundry to do???  Do you think I can return it?


  I use a clothes line to dry my laundry - that means I might have to dry an infinite amount of laundry!


  Frank


  On 2/22/07, Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance <chalicenew at earthlink.net>
  wrote:


    Please read Monbiot, or some of the other comments on this list: Auto
    fuel-efficiency leads to more driving; manufacturing efficiency leads to
    more manufacturing...and increased use of fuel/energy and emissions.