The causal relationships between electrification and development of poor, rural communities
are complex and contextual. The existing literature focuses mainly on the impact of rural …

Whilst a plethora of literature has viewed technological progress as one of the critical
influencing factors in relation to energy consumption and CO 2 emissions, little effort has …

The fear that human consumption is causing climate change, biodiversity loss, and mineral
scarcity has recently prompted interest in reuse because of the intuitive belief that it reduces …

This paper reviews the mainstream, resource economics, and ecological economics models
of growth. A possible synthesis of energy‐based and mainstream models is presented. This …

By 2050, humanity could devour an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels
and biomass per year three times its current appetite unless the economic growth rate is …

In The Coal Question William Stanley Jevons [Jevons, WS, 1865/1965. The Coal Question:
an Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of our Coal …

Improvements in energy efficiency make energy services cheaper, and therefore encourage
increased consumption of those services. This so-called direct rebound effect offsets the …

Innovations in the mobility industry such as automated and connected cars could
significantly reduce congestion and emissions by allowing the traffic to flow more freely and …

The rebound effect results in part from an increased consumption of energy services
following an improvement in the technical efficiency of delivering those services. This …

The TPA was set up to address key controversies in the energy field through comprehensive
assessments of the current state of knowledge. It aims to provide authoritative reports that …