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Biofuel Delusion
Faced with the twin threats of peak oil and climate change, many governments have turned for an answer to the apparent panacea of biofuels. Yet, increasingly, the progressive …
Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements
,The Jevons Paradox,, which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to …
The Energetics of Modern Societies
This book presents an empirically based overview of the field of energetics as applied to modern society. The authors first explain, using simple examples, basic concepts of …
Biofuel Delusion
Faced with the twin threats of peak oil and climate change, many governments have turned for an answer to the apparent panacea of biofuels. Yet, increasingly, the progressive …
Myth of Resource Efficiency
'The Jevons Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to …
Energy Analysis for a Sustainable Future
The vast majority of the countries of the world are now facing an imminent energy crisis, particularly the USA, China, India, Japan and EU countries, but also developing countries …
The Metabolic Pattern of Societies
It is increasingly evident that the conventional scientific approach to economic processes and related sustainability issues is seriously flawed. No economist predicted the current …