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Metric and Method for Comparing Investments to Decarbonize the Electricity System
This simple, practical guide offers a transparent way to compare the climate-effectiveness of different ways to provide electrical services—specifically, different ways to displace coal-fired electricity. Its worked examples show manyfold to over 50-fold differences in “Climate Effectiveness” (carbon saved per dollar spent) between common options, depending on their relative emissions…
Integrative Design: A Disruptive Source of Expanding Returns to Investments in Energy Efficiency
This paper summarizes the principle of integrative design. Integrative design rigorously applies orthodox engineering principles, but achieves radically more energy- and resource-efficient results by asking different questions that change the design logic. Examples described in this paper for buildings, industry, and vehicles show that optimizing whole systems for multiple benefits,…
Comment on The American Physical Society Hydrogen Report
This article is a response to the 2004 report by the American Physical Society, “The Hydrogen Initiative.” In this piece, Amory Lovins argues that “The Hydrogen Initiative” makes erroneous conclusions about hydrogen economics and storage. “…