Talk:Rebound effect (conservation)
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[edit] Jevons paradox
How exactly is this article's subject different from the above article? They seem to be discussing exactly the same thing to me, perhaps from a slightly different angle. A merge seems appropriate (the summary of this article there is only slightly smaller than this whole article). Richard001 (talk) 00:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I would strongly oppose a merge. Jevon's Paradox is an article about a historical observation made by a famous 19th century economist, and the theoretical insights in economics that it generated. Although related, this is obviously different from the use of the term 'rebound effect' in conservation. lk (talk) 08:50, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- Jevons' paradox is that the rebound can be more than 100%; this article is about the rebound, regardless of size. The Jevons' paradox applies to all kinds of phenomena, while this page is about its effect specifically on conservation. While related, I would tend to keep them apart. CRGreathouse (t | c) 15:36, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
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- I don't think we should have a separate article simply about 'that the rebound can be more than 100%'. What are some other kinds of phenomena? Could you provide an example(s)? Richard001 (talk) 08:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- The rebound effect treats all cases of resource efficiency compensation, no matter if they are less or more than 100 %. A rebound effect of more than 100% is also called "backfire". The backfire-phenomonen is the case corresponding to the Jevons paradox (>100%). The rebound effect is more general than the Jevons paradox, and the Jevons paradox is a subset of the rebound effect. However, the Jevons paradox is much older better known than the rebound effect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.178.79.182 (talk) 16:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I think Rebound effect (conservation) and Jevons paradox should be kept separate. There is a growing body of energy efficiency literature which mentions the Rebound effect, and discusses its practical implications, and so this is a notable topic which deserves a separate page. Jevons paradox has a different slant on things, as it is mainly about economic theory, but it also deserves a separate page. However, probably Jevons paradox and Khazzoom-Brookes postulate should be merged as they both relate to the economic theory of resource use. Johnfos (talk) 01:57, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
There seems to be a clear consensus to keep the articles separate. If there are no objections, I will remove the merge tag from both articles. lk (talk) 17:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
