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Amory Lovins on The Charlie Rose Show
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On November 28, 2006 an interview with Amory Lovins, CEO and cofounder of Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), was featured on the Charlie Rose Show (www.charlierose.com). In this interview, Amory responds to questions about how the U.S. can eliminate its dependence on oil through market-driven approaches. He talks about RMI's progress in several sectors — including heavy trucks, the military, light vehicles, biofuels, airplanes, and financial — in implementing recommendations made in RMI's latest book, Winning the Oil Endgame (www.oilendgame.com). You'll be amazed at the progress Rocky Mountain Institute has made with Wal-Mart, the military, and states such as Hawaii and California.
Running Time: 57 minutes Publications Mentioned in the InterviewBelow you will find several of the publications mentioned in the interview. Current Rocky Mountain Institute publications can be purchased from our on-line bookstore. You can find many of our more popular publications, available in PDF format, in our on-line library.
 Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken?
For historical purposes many people asked that we re-release our 1977 paper, "Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken?". Unfortunately it is still very current, even though it has been out of print for decades. Where are America's formal or de facto energy policies leading us? Where might we choose to go instead? How can we find out? Addressing these questions can reveal deeper questions — and a few answers — that are easy to grasp, yet rich in insight and in international relevance. This paper explores such basic concepts in energy strategy by outlining and contrasting two energy paths that the United States might follow over the next 50 years — long enough for the full implications of change to start to emerge. This article, by Amory B. Lovins, appeared in Foreign Affairs (www.foreignaffairs.org), October 1976, and is reprinted by kind permission of the publisher. Copyright 1976 by the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. (November 1977).
Download the "Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken?" PDF  Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security. Fear of further terrorist attacks has led many people to ask that Rocky Mountain Institute re-release our 1982 book Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security, which has long been out of print. Unfortunately it is still very current. In the 20 years since we first prepared it as a Pentagon study, little has changed, and little of that change is for the better. Apparently those who read and understood it in the early 1980s are no longer making policy, and their institutional memory has been lost. A new generation of policymakers evidently believes that America's sole energy security problem is imported oil, and that any domestic supply that can replace it will improve energy security.  Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security Winning the Oil Endgame ( www.oilendgame.com) offers a coherent strategy for ending oil dependence, starting with the United States but applicable worldwide. There are many analyses of the oil problem. This synthesis is the first roadmap of the oil solution — one led by business for profit, not dictated by government for reasons of ideology. This roadmap is independent, peer-reviewed, written for business and military leaders, and co-funded by the Pentagon. It combines innovative technologies and new business models with uncommon public policies: market-oriented without taxes, innovation-driven without mandates, not dependent on major (if any) national legislation, and designed to support, not distort, business logic. Buy Winning the Oil Endgame | Download the Winning the Oil Endgame PDFRocky Mountain Institute's Headquarter Building For many supporters and visitors, Rocky Mountain Institute is synonymous with its headquarters building in Old Snowmass, Colorado. Completed in 1984 and upgraded continually since then, the facility remains a state-of-the-art showcase of efficiency ideas.
More information on RMI's Headquarters Building.
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