rebound effect
Gains cancel themselves
The rebound effect occurs when efficiency gains lead to increased consumption that partially or fully offsets the savings.
A more fuel-efficient car costs less per mile, so people drive more; energy-efficient appliances encourage leaving them on longer.
The rebound effect erased half the expected savings from the new HVAC system.
In medicine, rebound describes symptoms that return stronger after stopping a drug: rebound headaches, rebound insomnia.
Yield unintended consequences
- cost savingsReduction in expenditure
- fuel economyVehicle efficiency rating
- consumer behaviorPatterns in purchasing choices
- efficiency gainsImproved resource utilization results
overcompensation · market dynamics · incentives · energy policy
Act of taking away
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- antidepressantsMedications treating clinical despair
- beta-blockersHeart rate reducers
- sleep aidsProducts that induce drowsiness
Released greenhouse gases
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- energy efficiencyMinimizing wasted power
- greenhouse gasesEmissions that trap heat
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
overconsumption · resource depletion · carbon footprint · LED lighting · hybrid vehicles · insulation · emissions reduction · unintended consequences
Aerosolized nostril medication
- decongestantsMedicines reducing nasal swelling
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
backfire
Yield unintended consequences
- cost savingsReduction in expenditure
- fuel economyVehicle efficiency rating
- consumer behaviorPatterns in purchasing choices
efficiency gains · overcompensation · market dynamics · incentives · energy policy
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- antidepressantsMedications treating clinical despair
- beta-blockersHeart rate reducers
sleep aids · dependence · gradual reduction · homeostasis · tolerance
carbon emissions
Released greenhouse gases
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- energy efficiencyMinimizing wasted power
- greenhouse gasesEmissions that trap heat
conservation · overconsumption · resource depletion · carbon footprint · LED lighting · hybrid vehicles · insulation · emissions reduction · unintended consequences · ecological footprint
nasal spray
Aerosolized nostril medication
- decongestantsMedicines reducing nasal swelling
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
- drug effectsanalgesia, allergic reaction, stimulation, vasodilation, vasoconstriction
- drug reactionsadverse reaction, adverse reactions, drug allergy, allergic reaction, anaphylaxis
- withdrawalwithdrawing, cash withdrawal, ATM withdrawal, early withdrawal, fund withdrawal
- ironic twiststwist of fate, poetic justice, dramatic irony, situational irony, tragic irony
- dosing timingonce daily, twice daily, around the clock, as needed, bedtime dose
- drug tolerancecross-tolerance, tolerance break
rebound effectvirtuous cycle
Self-perpetuating beneficial pattern
multiplier effect · sufficiency · snowball effect · cascade effect · cumulative effect
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