Amory Lovins

Prominent exploration experts have recently predicted that total world production of liquid oil will peak by about the end of this decade-or…

— Amory Lovins

“Contrary to some recent reports, electrification won’t be constrained by critical materials (see The Rare-Earth Conundrum sidebar); rather, they’re vibrant business opportunities…

— Amory Lovins

In the model that we grew up with, governments rule physical territory in which national economies function, and strong economies support hegemonic…

— Amory Lovins

I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large…

— Amory Lovins

“Some automakers already sell autos with carbon-fiber composite parts or powered by electric motors. As we’ll see next, these innovations are about…

— Amory Lovins

Nuclear power has died of an incurable attack of market forces and is way beyond any hope of revival, because the competitors…

— Amory Lovins

Fire made us human, fossil fuels made us modern, but now we need a new fire that makes us safe, secure, healthy…

— Amory Lovins

I think along the way, as we treat nature as model and mentor, and not as a nuisance to be evaded or…

— Amory Lovins

Today we have a temporary aberration called "industrial capitalism" which is inadvertently liquidating its two most important sources of capital, the natural…

— Amory Lovins

Public discourse about climate change has resulted in the erroneous idea that it's all about cost, burden and sacrifice. If the math…

— Amory Lovins

I'm a practitioner of elegant frugality. I don't feel comfortable telling other people what to do, so I just try and lead…

— Amory Lovins

I am a man without a furnace. My windows are insulated by 19 sheets of glass which cost less than installing a…

— Amory Lovins

The barriers that renewables and efficiency face come less from our living in a capitalist market economy and more from not taking…

— Amory Lovins

The reason the U.S. lags so badly is that we have obsolete rules that favor big over small, supply over efficiency, and…

— Amory Lovins

“Feebates make efficient autos cheaper to buy and inefficient autos costlier.79 Buy a fuel hog and you’d pay an up-front fee, right…

— Amory Lovins

We've got 21st century technology and speed colliding head-on with 20th and 19th century institutions, rules and cultures.

— Amory Lovins

What if we could make energy do our work without working our undoing?

— Amory Lovins

“About half today’s production cost is for precursor material—96% of which is polyacrylonitrile made from oil (propylene) or natural gas (propane), both…

— Amory Lovins

“Those biofuels would be better used by aviation and heavy trucking, for which electric power is not a viable option.”

— Amory Lovins

“about the safety of composites-based vehicles? Until recently, the prevailing view in the U.S. auto industry was that efficient autos are small,…

— Amory Lovins

Any demanding high technology tends to develop influential and dedicated constituencies of those who link its commercial success with both the public…

— Amory Lovins

“Rolling resistance. Another way to boost efficiency is by adding modern low-rolling-resistance tires. Again, highly efficient tires don’t generally cost more. Shifting…

— Amory Lovins

Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand. For example,…

— Amory Lovins

Economies are supposed to serve human ends.. not the other way round. We forget at our peril that markets make a good…

— Amory Lovins

A package of 35 improvements to typical industrial motor systems can save around 50% of their metered energy…with a simple payback under 16 months.

— Amory Lovins