Reinventing Fire—American Institute of Physics, 2014
The Archives
RMI’s Archives is our historical database of various publications authored by RMI staff over 35-years.
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Articles and Presentations from Amory Lovins
Venter response "Urgent memo to biotech pioneers"—Huffington Post, 2014
Climate Change: No Breakthroughs Needed, Mr. President—Huffington Post, 2013
The Economics of a US Civilian Nuclear Phase-Out—Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 2013
A Farewell to Fossil Fuels—Foreign Affairs, 2012
Reply to The "Efficiency Dilemma"—The New Yorker, 2011
Renewable Energy's Footprint Myth—The Electricity Journal, 2011
On Proliferation, Climate, and Oil: Solving for Pattern—Foreign Policy, 2010
DOD's Energy Challenge as Strategic Opportunity (unabridged)—Joint Force Quarterly, 2010
Nuclear Socialism—Weekly Standard, 2010
Does a Big Economy Need Big Power Plants?—The New York Times, 2009
Nuclear Nonsense—Grist, 2009
Stanford Public Lectures in Advanced Energy Efficiency: Implications, 2007
Stanford Public Lectures in Advanced Energy Efficiency: Building, 2007
Stanford Public Lectures in Advanced Energy Efficiency: Implementation, 2007
Stanford Public Lectures in Advanced Energy Efficiency: Industry, 2007
Stanford Public Lectures in Advanced Energy Efficiency: Transportation, 2007
What can we do to fix the climate problem?—Bulletin of Atomic Scientist, 2006
Oil: Our Fatal Dependence—The Ripon Forum, 2005
More Profit with Less Carbon—Scientific American, 2005
Energy Efficiency, Taxonomic Overview—Encyclopedia Energy, 2004
Rebuttal to Tromp et al.'s Response in Science Magazine, 2003
Energy Forever—The American Prospect, 2003
We Can Take Politics Out of Energy Policy—Wall Street Journal, 2003
Mobilizing Energy Solutions—The American Prospect, 2002
Military Transformation and the Roots of National Security—Whole Earth Review, 2002
Energy Security: It Takes More Than Drilling—Christian Science Monitor, 2002
Fool's Gold in Alaska—Foreign Affairs, 2001
L.A Times Commentary on Bill Joy's Wired Article—L.A. Times, 2001
Fool's Gold in Alaska (Annotated)—Foreign Affairs, 2001
Redesigning Evolution—Journal Science, 2000
A Tale of Two Botanies—Wired, 2000
A Road Map for Natural Capitalism—Harvard Business Review, 1999
A Strategy for the Hydrogen Transition—National Hydrogen Association, 1999
Negawatts: Twelve Transitions, Eight Improvements & One Distraction—Energy Policy, 1996
Nonproliferation: Now a Workable Idea—Christian Science Monitor, 1995
Apples, Oranges, and Horned Toads—Electricity Journal, 1994
Least-Cost Climatic Stabilization—Annual Review of Energy, 1991
Make Fuel Efficiency Our Gulf Strategy—The New York Times, 1990
The Avoidable Oil Crisis—The Atlantic, 1987
The Fragility of Domestic Energy—The Atlantic, 1983
Nuclear Power & Nuclear Bombs—Foreign Affairs, 1980
Nuclear weapons and power-reactor plutonium—Nature, 1980
International Articles and Publications
Three Energy Game Changers for China and the World (English)—China Policy Review, 2013
Preface to the Chinese Edition of Winning the Oil Endgame, 2008
Sustainable Design Guide of the Japanese Institute of Architects (foreword, bilingual)—Japanese Institute of Architects, 1996
Negawatt Revolution: Electric Efficiency and Asian Development—Far Eastern Economic Review, 1991
Soft Energy Paths for the 21st Century—Gaiko, 2011
Buildings
The Lovins GreenHome Visitor's Guide, 2007
Lightfair: Economics of Daylighting and Occupant Productivity, 2004
Greening the White House: A Comprehensive Energy and Environmental Retrofit, 1994
Greening the Building and the Bottom Line, 1994
NMB Bank Headquarters: The Impressive Performance of a Green Building, 1992
Negawatts for Buildings, 1992
The Super-Efficient Passive Building Frontier—ASHRAE Journal, 1995
Energy-Efficient Buildings: Institutional Barriers and Opportunities, 1995
Energy
Profiting from a Nuclear-Free Third Millennium, 2000
Can Nuclear Power Solve the Energy Crisis?, 2001
Eight-Fold Way Towards Faster Energy Efficiency, 2001
Twenty Hydrogen Myths, 2003
Hydrogen Economy: Not So Difficult—Without Nuclear Power, 2003
Hydrogen: The Future of Energy, 2003
Climate: Making Sense and Making Money, 1997
Energy Surprises for the 21st Century, 1999
National Energy Policy Initiative: Expert Group Report, 2002
Nuclear Power: Economics and Climate-Protection Potential, 2006
Accelerating Renewables: Expanding the Policy and Marketing Toolkit, 2002
Mighty Mice—Nuclear Engineering International, 2005
Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly?, 2009
The Nuclear Illusion, 2008
Forget Nuclear, 2008
"New" Reactors, Same Old Story, 2009
Drilling in All the Wrong Places, 2008
The Economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out—Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 2012
Keeping the Lights On While Transforming Electric Utilities, 2010
Four Nuclear Myths: A Commentary on Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Discipline and on Similar Writings, 2009
Energy End-Use Efficiency—Inter-Academy Council, 2005
California Electricity: Facts, Myths, and National Lessons, 2001
Renewables, Micropower, and the Transforming Electricity Landscape, 2010
Small Is Profitable, 2001
Why Nuclear Power’s Failure In the Marketplace Is Irreversible, 2001
Reducing Vulnerability: The Energy Jugular , 1984
Transportation
Hypercars, Hydrogen, and Distributed Utilities: Disruptive Technologies and Gas-Industry Strategy, 2000
Is Oil Running Out?, 1998
Hypercars: Uncompromised Vehicles, Disruptive Technologies, and the Rapid Transition to Hydrogen, 2000
FreedomCAR, Hypercar, and Hydrogen, 2002
Design and Manufacture of an Affordable Advanced-Composite Automotive Body Structure—World Electric Vehicle Association, 2002
Hypercars, Hydrogen, and the Automotive Transition—IJVD, 2004
Comment on The American Physical Society Hydrogen Report,—Forum on Physics and Society, 2004
Letter to NHTSA on Revised Light Truck CAFE Standards, 2005
Oil-free Transportation—American Institute of Physics, 2014
Reinventing the Wheels—The Atlantic, 1994
Vehicle Design Strategies to Meet & Exceed PNGV Goals—Society of Automotive Engineers, 1995
Ultralight-Hybrid Vehicle Design: Overcoming the Barriers to Using Advanced Composites in the Automotive Industry, 1995
Hypercars: The Next Industrial Revolution, 1996
Ultralight Hybrid Vehicles: Principles & Design, 1996
Ultralight Hybrid Vehicle Design: Implication for the Recycling Industry—Society of Plastics Engineers, 1996
Hypercars: FAQ, 1997
Hypercars: A Market-Oriented Approach to Meeting Lifecycle Environmental Goals—Society of Automotive Engineers, 1997
Speeding the Transition: Designing a Fuel-Cell Hypercar—National Hydrogen Association, 1997
Advanced Composites: The Car is at the Crossroads, 1998
Getting Off Oil, 2007
Uncommon Knowledge: Automotive Platform Sharing's Potential Impact on Advanced Technologies—International Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, 1999
Electric Vehicles in America, 2010
Economy and Security
Sustainable Finance
Profitable Solutions to Climate, Oil, and Proliferation, 2007
Senate Testimony: How Innovative Technologies, Business Strategies, and Policies can Dramatically Enhance Energy Security and Prosperity, 2006
U.S. Energy Security Facts, 2003
Battling Fuel Waste in the Military, 2001
Energy Efficiency Survey Aboard USS Princeton CG-59, 2001
Critical Issues in Domestic Energy Vulnerability, 2001
Why America Beat Iraq but Loses to Japan, 1991
Drill Rigs and Battleships are the Answer, But What Was the Question?: Oil Efficiency, Economic Rationality, and Security, 1991
Technology and Industry
Shell: The Rest of The Iceberg, 2015
Factor Ten Engineering Design Principles, 2010
Integrative Design: A Disruptive Source of Expanding Returns to Investments in Energy Efficiency, 2010
Negawatts for Fabs: Advanced Energy Productivity for Fun and Profit, 1998
What an Energy-Efficient Computer Can Do, 1993
Natural Environment and Resources Efficiency
Cuyahoga Valley Initiative: A Model of Regeneration, 2004
Saving Forests from the Demand Side, 1999
Water 2010: Four Scenarios for 21st Century Water Systems, 1996
RMI-Published Newsletters
Fall/Winter, 1995
Fall/Winter, 1996
Fall/Winter, 1997
Fall/Winter, 1998
Spring, 1995
Spring, 1996
Spring, 1997
Spring, 1998
Summer, 1997
Summer, 1998
Summer, 1995
Summer, 1996