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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…
The New Business Climate: A Guide to Lower Carbon Emissions and Better Business Performance
For both private businesses and public institutions, the stakes are high in trying to determine the best strategy for responding to global climate change and…
Small is Profitable
Small is Profitable describes 207 ways in which the size of electrical resources”–devices that make, save, or store electricity–affects their economic value. It finds that…
Preface to the 2001 Edition of Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security
This preface to the classic 1982 book, Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security, was written after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The…
Natural Capitalism: Chapter 7 – Muda, Service, and Flow (original)
Business processes of all kinds—from manufacturing to distribution—are full of waste. By rethinking the production process and developing innovative business models based on services instead…