Part II

My latest article (again with co-authors Gregor Semieniuk and Paul Brockway) is now available at https://doi.org/10.1177/01956574251331966. This is Part II of a two-part paper entitled “Energetic and Economic Aspects of Rebound.” (Part I is described here.)

Part II demonstrates application of our rebound framework. The main finding of Part II is that energy efficiency upgrades to a car and an electric lamp can lead to high rebound. Specifically, we find that 52.6% of energy savings from an upgraded car and 67.0% of the energy savings from an upgraded electric lamp can be taken back by consumer-sided rebound effects. Furthermore, if an energy price effect is included, rebound from a high-efficiency lamp can grow to 127.9%. Backfire!