Does the digital sharing economy really reduce harm to the environment? In a recent study, researchers found that food sharing has significant environmental advantages, but that a substantial part of the benefits of online ...
Economics & Business
Feb 8, 2023
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Around a fifth of the energy-saving benefits of fuel-efficient cars are eroded because people end up driving them more, according to a study into British motoring habits over the last 40 years.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 9, 2016
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Household energy consumption is decreasing thanks to energy efficiency policies but, as a result of the lower energy bill, consumers use more energy. The effect is that approximately one third of the energy efficiency gains ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 13, 2016
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(Phys.org) —Although vehicle fuel economy has improved 40 percent since 1970, the total amount of fuel used has increased by more than half, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 6, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Researchers from Yale University, the University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Environmental Defense Fund argue in a Nature commentary piece that those who suggest the rebound effect, as it applies to energy ...
Shopping on the internet or working from home could be increasing carbon emissions rather than helping to reduce them, a new report claims today.
Environment
Sep 17, 2010
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