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DOD’s Energy Challenge as Strategic Opportunity
This unabridged version of an April 2010 article published in Joint Force Quarterly, the magazine of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, describes…
Nuclear Socialism
In this article in The Weekly Standard, Amory Lovins explains why the current 100+% subsidies for new nuclear power plants are still unable to attract…
Whole-Building Retrofits: A Gateway to Climate Stabilization
This paper discusses creative elements of deep whole-building retrofits. It discusses process and technique, how to select suitable buildings, the key players that must be…
Achieving Radically Energy Efficient Retrofits: The Empire State Building Example
In order to avoid reaching unsustainable levels of atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, we must reduce GHG emissions by 75% by 2050. “Deep” commercial building…
Renewables, Micropower, and the Transforming Electricity Landscape
This article, published in RMI’s Spring 2010 Solutions Journal, describes micropower’s acceleration in taking over the global market long dominated by central thermal stations. This…
