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Improvement in this metric is organized in a hierarchy of four kinds of potential: technical, economic, achievable, and program. Robert Stavins and Adam Jaffe have described the inability of consumers and society to optimize this metric, despite its cost-benefit, as its namesake “gap.” (-5[1])Improvements in this metric counterintuitively cause increases in total usage according to the Jevons (“JEV-ins”) paradox, (-5[1])which is a form of the rebound effect. (-5[1])Improvements in this metric, described by the (*) IEA as the “first fuel,” (-5[1])may make upwards of 40 percent of progress toward net zero by 2050. For homes and buildings, this metric can be improved (-5[1])with continuous insulation, heat pumps, and products approved by the DoE’s Energy Star. For 10 points, name this metric defined as the (10[1])amount of energy services provided per unit of energy consumed. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: energy efficiency [prompt on energy consumption or energy usage until “consumed” is read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cranmer MGinnMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha42-5
Liam KusalikWaterloo AspidistraCarleton A57-5
Ethen SunToronto BOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom65-5
James TangWaterloo ClozeWaterloo Basic77-5
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AToronto A99-5
Raymond ChenToronto Disband the Club 2k24McGill A12110
James WangOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomToronto B13110
Kevin LeCarleton AWaterloo Aspidistra13210
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AToronto Metropolitan A13210
Franklin WuToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii13210
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicWaterloo Cloze13210