Sentences with phrase «absent policy effects»

They say, «Technological change can raise the efficiency of resource use, but it also tends to raise both per capita resource consumption and the scale of resource extraction, so that, absent policy effects, the increases in consumption often compensate for the increased efficiency of resource use.»

In addition, absent policy effects, even the increased technological efficiencies in resource use, are often compensated for by increases in consumption associated with the «Rebound Effect» [118,119,120,121].