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Wanted: Masters of Elegant Frugality

This article describes how whole-system engineering can make very large savings cost less than the savings achieved by capturing the interactive effects between design components.

Oil: Our Fatal Dependence

In this article, which is an expanded version of the 2004 article, “How America Can Free Itself of Oil—Profitably,” Amory Lovins points out that saving…

Mighty Mice

This article discusses the benefits of decentralized micropower for generating energy, as compared to nuclear power. Amory Lovins argues for decentralized energy systems based on…