efficiency

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In The Coal Question (1865), William Stanley Jevons argued that improving energy efficiency increases rather than decreases total energy use — the effect now called the Jevons paradox

claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-12 · economics, energy, jevons, jevons-paradox, rebound-effect
Luccioni, Strubell & Crawford (FAccT 2025) invoke the Jevons paradox to argue that per-model AI efficiency gains will not reduce, and may increase, total AI energy consumption

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · ai-energy, jevons-paradox, rebound-effect, efficiency, data-centers