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2026-05-04 11:11 UTC
Jevons's analysis is very readable
"It is wholly a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to a diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth."
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/jevons-the-coal-question#lf0546_label_100
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@davidruffner@raphus.social 2026-05-06 23:39
@wim_v12e@scholar.social It really is! I ended up reading a good chunk of the book. It's cool to see what people were thinking back then. A lot of Jevons's ideas hold up pretty well.