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Rebound Effects Caused by Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Private Life and Industry

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Ertel, Wolfgang, Bonenberger, Christopher·2024·Sustainability
DOI 10.20944/preprints202409.0504.v1

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Many tasks in a modern household are performed by machines, e.g., a dishwasher or a vacuum cleaner, and in the near future most household tasks will be performed by smart service robots. This will relieve the residents, who in turn can enjoy their free time. This newly gained free time will turn out to cause the so-called spare time rebound effect due to more resource consumption. We roughly quantify this rebound effect and propose a CO2-budget model to reduce or even avoid it. In modern industry, automation and AI are taking over work from humans, leading to higher productivity of the company as a whole. This is the main reason for economic growth, which leads to environmental problems due to higher consumption of natural resources. We show that, even though the effects of automation at home and in the industry are different (free time versus higher productivity), in the end they both lead to more resource consumption and environmental pollution. We discuss possible solutions to this problem, such as carbon taxes, emissions trading systems, and a carbon budget.

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Authors
Ertel, W., & Bonenberger, C.
Affiliations
University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten (DE)
Corresponding author
Ertel, Wolfgang
ORCID
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2024-09-06
Volume
17
Issue
5
Pages
1988-1988
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.20944/preprints202409.0504.v1
OpenAlex
W4407977794
Cited by
12
References
13
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 5
FWCI
11.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Preprints.org (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Keywords
rebound effect, artificial intelligence, automation, home robots, leisure, resource consumption, environmental pollution, industrial productivity, economic growth, carbon tax, emissions trading, carbon balance

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