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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Also Eli Whitney inventing the cotton gin to make extracting cotton less of a tedious and backbreaking process, which lead to a massive expansion in slavery plantations in the American South due to the increased output and profitability of the crop.