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Boxes, figures and tables vii
Acronyms viii
About the author ix
Foreword Andrew Scott xi
1 Inequalities in energy 1
Energy is fundamental to human life 1
Energy poverty and lack of access 2
Energy and development 4
Energy needs 8
Energy consumption patterns 11
2 Failure to reach the energy poor 19
Why has so little been achieved to date? 19
Lessons from developed countries' rural electrification 19
Is the issue of sustainability misleading? 21
Global trade policies 25
The failure of the electricity reforms to provide energy access for the poor 26
Barriers to access for the poor - myths or realities? 31
3 Energy solutions for the poor 35
Strategies for overcoming the barriers to energy access 35
Appropriate energy options for the poor 37
Decentralized electricity generation options 38
Energy options for cooking 48
Advantages, disadvantages and costs of different energy options 53
Financial and management models for electricity access 55
4 The funding gap 65
Existing commitments 66
The size of the financial gap 73
5 Climate change and energy for the poor 75
Energy and climate change 75
Energy poverty and climate justice 75
How much will energy access for the poor contribute to CO2 emissions? 77
Energy options for the poor 79
Low-carbon funding mechanisms 79
6 Conclusions and recommendations 85
Recommendations for promoting energy for the poor 86
Annex 1 Practical Action's experience with energy access for the poor 89
References 93
Index 101
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Michael Watson
reviewed The Hidden Energy Crisis: How Policies are Failing the World's Poor on April 10, 2018
The Hidden Energy Crisis: How Policies are Failing the World's Poor
Since I write about energy, I am always reading books about energy-related topics. Among the most interesting books of that genre that I've read lately is Jevons' Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements, by John M. Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampetro, and Blake Alcott. The book's thesis is spelled out on page 3, where the authors state, "We aim to show that increased energy efficiency leads to increased demand and consumption of energy."
It's counterintuitive that efficiency increases energy use, but their book is one of numerous studies that confirm the findings of William Stanley Jevons, a British economist, who, in 1865 published a book called The Coal Question, which contains what is now known as the Jevons Paradox: "It is wholly a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuels is equivalent to a diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth."
Since that time, Jevons's work has been examined and re-examined and no reputable scientist has ever refuted it. The Jevons Paradox is perhaps the most important, and yet least understood, concept in the energy business and it has profound implications for the future of the global economy.
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