An Example of Jevons Paradox Would Be

question 11

Multiple Choice

An example of Jevons paradox would be:

• A) Purchasing an "easy clean" cooktop that in turn requires the purchase of a special cleaner.
• B) Buying a highly fuel efficient car to offset higher fuel prices and end up driving so much more that you actually consume more fuel overall than you would have if you kept driving your old car.
• C) Increasing the rate at which we cut down rainforests and therefore increasing the number of species that go extinct.
• D) All of the above.

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