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blair_fix, 8 hours ago to random

Backfire on the blockchain!

As Bitcoin hashing tech got more efficient, guess what happened to Bitcoin's energy budget. That's right, it went (way) up. Another example of the Jevons paradox.

https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/05/18/a-tour-of-the-jevons-paradox-how-energy-efficiency-backfires/

blair_fix, 1 day ago to random

Since the 1940s, computers have grown about a trillion times more efficient. But instead of using this efficiency for resource conservation, we invested it in computational sprawl.

A spectacular example of the Jevons paradox.

https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/05/18/a-tour-of-the-jevons-paradox-how-energy-efficiency-backfires/

blair_fix, 4 days ago to random

Thinking about backups? Here's my setup using Borg:

https://sciencedesk.economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/05/borg-backups/

blair_fix, 5 days ago to random

Counterintuitively, efficiency is not a tool for conservation. It's a catalyst for technological sprawl.

Here's my deep dive into the Jevons paradox.

https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/05/18/a-tour-of-the-jevons-paradox-how-energy-efficiency-backfires/

blair_fix, 25 days ago to random

An essay from Branko Milanovic that is shockingly hospitable to degrowth.

https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/abundance-capitalism-and-climate