William Stanley Jevons Quote

It is very commonly urged, that the failing supply of coal will be met by new modes of using it efficiently and economically.... It is wholly a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to a diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth.


The Coal Question (1865)


It is very commonly urged, that the failing supply of coal will be met by new modes of using it efficiently and economically.... It is wholly a...

It is very commonly urged, that the failing supply of coal will be met by new modes of using it efficiently and economically.... It is wholly a...

It is very commonly urged, that the failing supply of coal will be met by new modes of using it efficiently and economically.... It is wholly a...

It is very commonly urged, that the failing supply of coal will be met by new modes of using it efficiently and economically.... It is wholly a...