Amory Lovins
Winning the Oil Endgame
This independent, peer-reviewed synthesis for American business and military leaders charts a roadmap for getting the United States completely, attractively, and profitably off oil. Our strategy integrates four technological ways to displace oil: using oil twice as efficiently, then substituting biofuels, saved natural gas, and, optionally, hydrogen. This route for…
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. “…
Energy Efficiency, Taxonomic Overview
This document is an excerpt from the Encyclopedia of Energy. Amory Lovins provides an extensive overview of energy efficiency. The excerpt includes the definition and importance of energy efficiency, the benefits of energy efficiency, the engineering versus economic perspectives, the diminishing versus expanding returns to investments in energy efficiency, market…
Hypercars, Hydrogen, and the Automotive Transition
Designing and making cars differently and emphasizing ultralight weight, ultralow drag, and integrated design can reduce required propulsive power by about two-thirds. This can make direct-hydrogen fuel cells and commercially available compressed-hydrogen-gas tanks practical and affordable even at relatively high early prices. Coordinating such vehicles with deployment of fuel cells…
Winning the Oil Endgame: Executive Summary
This document offers an executive summary of RMI’s plan for getting off oil by the 2040s. Winning the Oil Endgame is a coherent strategy for ending oil dependence, starting with the United States but applicable worldwide. There are many analyses of the oil problem but this synthesis is the first…