Marco Bertoli

The piggy driver: some empirical data to test the Piggy Principle

At the end of February, The Oil Drum published an article I wrote called Efficiency and Resilience: After Jevons Paradox, the Piggy Principle. Its content was a strictly theoretical discussion of energy efficiency and its impact on the consumption and resilience of societies.

June 16, 2010

Efficiency and resilience: after Jevons paradox, the Piggy Principle

The Piggy Principle and the Jevons paradox lead us to the conclusion that energy efficiency issues are extremely sensitive. The simplistic solutions based on technology changes ALONE can prove to be a real boomerang.

February 27, 2010

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