Dematerialization Through Services: Evaluating the Evidence
| dc.contributor.author | Fix, Blair | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-28T21:46:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-28T21:46:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description | dematerialization service transition carbon emissions energy | |
| dc.description.abstract | Dematerialization through services is a popular proposal for reducing environmental impact. The idea is that by shifting from the production of goods to the provision of services, a society can reduce its material demands. But do societies with a larger service sector actually dematerialize? I test the ‘dematerialization through services’ hypothesis with a focus on fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions—the primary drivers of climate change. I find no evidence that a service transition leads to carbon dematerialization. Instead, a larger service sector is associated with greater use of fossil fuels and greater carbon emissions per person. This suggests that 'dematerialization through services’ is not a valid sustainability policy. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dematerialization Through Services: Evaluating the Evidence. Fix, Blair. (2019). BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality. OnlineFirst. 12 March. (Article - Journal; English). | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/39865 | |
| dc.title | Dematerialization Through Services: Evaluating the Evidence | |
| dc.type | Article |