"Facts are more mundane than fantasies, but a……" — Amory Lovins

"Facts are more mundane than fantasies, but a better basis for conclusions."

22 Quotes by Amory Lovins

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We've got 21st century technology and speed colliding head-on with 20th and 19th century institutions, rules and cultures.
Any demanding high technology tends to develop influential and dedicated constituencies of those who link its commercial success with both…
If you ask me, it'd be little short of disastrous for us to discover a source of clean, cheap, abundant…
Many analysts now regard modest, zero, or negative growth in our rate of energy use as a realistic long-term goal.
Rely on renewable energy flows that are always there whether we use them or not, such as, sun, wind and…
I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in…
I think along the way, as we treat nature as model and mentor, and not as a nuisance to be…
In the model that we grew up with, governments rule physical territory in which national economies function, and strong economies…
Economies are supposed to serve human ends.. not the other way round. We forget at our peril that markets make…
We'd find more energy in the attics of American homes (through energy conservation measures) than in all the oil buried…
Nature does not compromise; a pelican is not a compromise between a crow and otter, it is just a pelican.…
By skimping on design, the owner gets costlier equipment, higher energy costs, and a less competitive and comfortable building; the…

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