iPods and the Electrical Jevans Paradox

By Paul Kedrosky · Saturday, September 19, 2009 ·
Great graphic in weekend NYT showing the proliferation of consumer electronics devices in U.S. homes. While these have become more efficient over time, the rapid growth in devices -- from 3 to 25 per home over the last 30 years -- has driven higher electrical consumption in a sort of corollary to Jevons Paradox.

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Source:

Jad Mouawad and Kate Galbraith, "An iPod World, With a Hunger for Electricity," The New York Times, September 20, 2009, sec. Business / Energy & Environment.