Reinventing Fire
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| Author(s) | Amory B. Lovins |
| Subject(s) | Renewable energy Energy efficiency |
| Publisher | Chelsea Green |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-1-60358-371-8 |
| OCLC Number | 719429781 |
Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era is a 2011 book, by Amory B. Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute, that analyzes the possibility of converting the United States to almost total reliance on renewable energy sources, such as solar energy and wind power. Lovins says that renewable energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels and his analysis predicts further declines in prices for renewables.[1]
The first paragraph of the preface says:
Imagine fuel without fear. No climate change. No oil spills, dead coal miners, dirty air, devastated lands, lost wildlife. No energy poverty. No oil-fed wars, tyrannies, or terrorists. Nothing to run out. Nothing to cut off. Nothing to worry about. Just energy abundance, benign and affordable, for all, for ever.[2]
Fen Montaigne in The Guardian has said that the book is impressive in both its scope and detail:
Lovins discusses everything from how to redesign heavy trucks to make them more fuel efficient to ways to change factory pipes to conserve energy — the book lays out a plan for the U.S. to achieve the following by 2050: cars completely powered by hydrogen fuel cells, electricity, and biofuels; 84 percent of trucks and airplanes running on biomass fuels; 80 percent of the nation's electricity produced by renewable power; $5 trillion in savings; and an economy that has grown by 158 percent.[3]
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- ^ Matthew Wald (October 27, 2011). "Fossil Fuels as the Whale Oil of the Future". New York Times.
- ^ John Elkington (21 March 2012). "Nine barriers to reinventing capitalism". The Guardian.
- ^ Fen Montaigne (21 February 2012). "'Fossil fuels are the new whale oil', says environmentalist Amory Lovins". The Guardian.
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