Reinventing fire : bold business solutions for the new energy era, Amory B. Lovins and Rocky Mountain Institute ; forewords by Marvin Odum, John W. Rowe

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Reinventing fire : bold business solutions for the new energy era, Amory B. Lovins and Rocky Mountain Institute ; forewords by Marvin Odum, John W. Rowe

Title remainder

bold business solutions for the new energy era

Statement of responsibility

Amory B. Lovins and Rocky Mountain Institute ; forewords by Marvin Odum, John W. Rowe

Instantiates

• Reinventing fire : bold business solutions for the new energy era

Publication

• White River Junction, Vt., Chelsea Green Pub., 2011

Copyright

• ©2011

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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• txt

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Contents

1. Defossilizing fuels : -- The true cost of oil addiction ; Oil and insecurity ; Coal's hidden costs ; Turning the supertanker ; Lighting the new fire ; No miracles required -- 2. Transportation : fitter vehicles, smarter use : -- Designing and building autos differently ; Using autos more productively ; The rest of the story : beyond automobiles ; Powering vehicles with cleaner energy ; Conclusion: Better mobility at lower cost without oil -- 3. Buildings : designs for better living : -- Understanding today's building quagmire ; The efficiency revolution : what's profitable and what's possible ; The conundrum and the challenge ; Solving the efficiency puzzle ; Conclusion: More comfort, more productivity, less energy, stronger economics -- 4. Industry : remaking how we make things : -- How the industrial jungle drives U.S. energy demand ; Viewing industry through the efficiency lens ; How much more productive can industry become? ; Transforming the industrial jungle ; Conclusion: Competitiveness through radical energy productivity -- 5. Electricity : repowering prosperity : -- Imagining the next electricity system ; Maintain : the elusiveness of "business-as-usual" ; Migrate : the conventional approach to "carbon-free" electricity ; Renew : tapping nature's inexhaustible energy sources ; Transform : a seismic shift in scale ; Four cases, one broad direction ; How do we get there from here? ; Conclusion: The path forward -- 6. Many choices, one future : -- Looking back from 2050 ; How can reinventing fire evolve smoothly? ; How do we seize the 2050 prize? ; Kindling the new fire

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1741355

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24 cm

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xvii, 334 pages

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9781603585385

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2011029947

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color illustrations, color maps

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u1741355

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• (Sirsi) i9781603585385
• (OCoLC)719429781