Question

Question 5 4 pts Which of the following is the best example of the rebound effect? Recycling the packaging from your new high efficiency fridge Elon Musk paying a forester to plant trees after creating a new solar gigafactory Taking a trip to the Bahamas after buying an electric car Getting new LED lightbulbs while also getting low flow toilets

Answer 1

Answer: 3rd option

Rebound effect:

This indicates an increasing efficiency of a product, which may change the behaviour of users.

Suppose an electric car is efficient in terms of saving fuel energy and saving cost. This may lead to long trips (like Bahamas) by purchasers; if this continues at an increasing number, the above savings are fully utilized (even more) and those benefits have gone. Therefore, the effect is rebound.   

Other options are not correct:

1st option: recycling is normal process of making the environment clean; it has no connection to rebound effect, since there is no adverse.

2nd option: this is also an attempt of rectification (planting trees) but no adverse. Therefore, this is not a rebound effect.

4th option: this is not relevant in the example.