I hate being forced to hit another page, when some info could simply have been here.
"In economics, the Jevons paradox (/ˈdʒɛvənz/; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of use induces increases in demand enough that resource use is increased, rather than reduced.[1][2][3] Governments typically assume that efficiency gains will lower resource consumption, ignoring the possibility of the paradox arising.[4]"
Feel free to delete my comment if the whole point of the community is to force people to go to something outside Lemmy.
The whole point of this community is to highlight interesting wikipedia articles. And there is a joy in clicking something unexpected, especially because only wikipedia articles are allowed here, so you can trust that there's no clickbait. If you disagree, feel free to start your own community with summaries.
