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Greening the Building and the Bottom Line
This paper, which was written jointly by RMI and the Department of Energy, describes the energy efficiency measures undertaken by eight organizations. In each of…

Security Without War: A Post Cold War Foreign Policy
This book lays out security principles and policies for the United States to adopt in a post-Cold War world. The authors encourage Americans to take…

Supercar: the Coming Light Vehicle Revolution
This paper describes how ultralight hybrid-electric family cars could achieve < 1.6 liters per 100 km using 1993-era technology and greater fuel efficiency at a…

What an Energy-Efficient Computer Can Do
This paper from 1993 describes the economic benefits of purchasing an energy efficient computer. Although the technical specifications from this paper are outdated, the concepts…

Fueling a Competitive Economy
This article, which originally appeared in Foreign Affairs in 1992, presents a comprehensive plan to revive America’s competitiveness using energy efficiency to prime the economic…