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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8173| Title: | The Boomerang Paradox, Part I: How a Nation's Wealth Is Creating Fuel Poverty | Contributor(s): | Simshauser, Paul (author); Nelson, Timothy (author); Doan, Thao (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.tej.2010.12.001 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8173 | Abstract: | A characteristic of advanced economies like Australia is continual growth in household income and plunging costs of electric appliances, resulting in rapid growth in peak demand. The power grid in turn requires substantial incremental generating and network capacity, which is utilized momentarily at best. The result is the Boomerang Paradox, in which the nation's rising wealth has created the pre-conditions for fuel poverty. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | The Electricity Journal, 24(1), p. 72-91 | Publisher: | Elsevier Inc | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1873-6874 1040-6190 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140213 Public Economics- Public Choice | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 910103 Economic Growth 910109 Savings and Investments |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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