EVs, an exception to Jevon’s Paradox?
Does Jevons’ Paradox, which proposes that increased efficiency in resource use leads to MORE use rather than less, hold for EVs?
Tag: economics
Data centres galore – why is my brain boggled?
My brain is boggled by the global push to build massive data centres consuming vast amounts of electricity while the world needs to reduce its environmental impact for humanity to survive. Why are we on this track?
Gold Fever
There’s gold fever in the air in Central Otago as Santana Minerals pushes their gold mining consent forward in the Fast Track application process. Why do we love gold so much?
Cat bonds
Jamaica will soon get a USD150 million payout from their parametric cat bond insurance as a result of Hurricane Melissa. So what is a cat bond?
Inflation vs Employment
What goes up must come down – this applies to (ex) Mayors, inflation and employment alike. NZ has to reduce employment to ‘cool’ the ‘overheated economy’. How did we get here?
Solar power
Why did we install PV? To save money? Be good planet-savers? Make our own power? Because we’re geeks? A little of everything?
Open for Inspiration
How could top economists not believe inflation woudl return? Because of cognitive biases – how can humans avoid these traps?
Good or Bad?
Should we be buying better? Like our electric vehicle to replace our defunct ICE car. Or buying less?
Inflation & interest rates
Where are inflation and interest rates in New Zealand headed? Quantitative easing increased money supply but the government didn’t expect that to result in inflation. Huh?