[Greenbuilding] Debunking Energy Efficency

[Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance]

I don't think anyone is suggesting shirking personal responsibility,
certainly not Monbiot--his point, as has been made by others in this thread,
is that it alone will not save the planet.

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: "Robert Waldrop" <bwaldrop at cox.net>
To: "Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance" <chalicenew at earthlink.net>;
"Frank Flynn" <frank at declan.com>
Cc: "Greenbuilding" <GREENBUILDING at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Debunking Energy Efficency


> As David Delaney pointed out, however, Jevon's
> Paradox can only, by definition, remain true as
> long as the supply of energy is expanding.  When
> world energy supplies begin to contract, Jevon's
> Paradox will no longer operate. It will be
> impossible for energy use to increase if available
> energy is declining. At that point, those who did
> not let themselves be discouraged by the use of
> Jevon's Paradox as an excuse to avoid personal
> energy conservation will be way ahead of the curve
> in terms of their own personal energy use and will
> also be in a position to help their neighbors.
>
> Bob Waldrop, OKC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance"
> <chalicenew at earthlink.net>
> To: "Frank Flynn" <frank at declan.com>
> Cc: "Greenbuilding"
> <GREENBUILDING at listserv.repp.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 5:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Debunking Energy
> Efficency
>
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>