Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical Overview of the Jevons Paradox in the Literature; 3 The Jevons Paradox: The Evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Challenge for Scientific Analysis; 4 Empirical...

The Great Tohoku-Kanto earthquake and resulting tsunami has brought considerable attention to the issue of the construction of new power plants. We argue in this paper, nuclear power is not a sustainable solution to energy problems. First, we explore the stock of uranium-235 and the different...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Overview of the Jevons Paradox in the Literature -- 3 The Jevons Paradox: The Evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Challenge for...