jevor's paradox

The jevor's paradox states that when we try to improve efficiency's, such as gas mileage or heating costs, we we decrease the demand for energy resources and increase the consumption of that resource. Word processing and highway improvements are the examples of these paradox. Before the invention of computers and printers, people used papers to have a type written document but after the invention of printers noone uses it no more. Same thing with highways too. Increase in the improvement of highways leads to an increase of traffic congestion and housing development. There was so much emphasis on consumer spending is because if the consumers don's spend a lot of money, there wouldn't be enough for the rebound. Sea of selves means that people use to care about the society before and nobody cares cares about it. Everybody cares about themselves now. Bailey's nation of civic and divine states that civic sets the responsibilities , rights and obligations a person needs to follow while divine sets the notion of something greater than yourself but about others too. i think jeff dardozzi's essay was good in a way that he explains everything people can understand how society changed from the past. The reason why it is due on veteran's day is because veteran's forget about themselves and fight for their nations. So just like that in the article its says that we need to shop around not just thinking about ourselves but about our society too.