Amory B. Lovins

A physicist, Lovins [PDF] is chief scientist and cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit applied research center. He has spun several for-profit ventures from work done by RMI and consulted for many companies, including Dow, General Motors, Wal-Mart, as well as governments and public sector organizations such as the United Nations, several European countries, more than 20 states, and the Energy and Defense departments. In 1993, he received the Nissan Prize for inventing superefficient, ultralight-hybrid cars.

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Articles by Amory B. Lovins

1 March 2013
Special issue: US nuclear exit?

The economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out

Amory B. Lovins
Agree to Disagree
27 August 2007

Negawatts and micropower are market winners, while nuclear is a market loser

Amory B. Lovins

Steve Berry undoubtedly supports energy efficiency, on which he did good work in the past. But
his understanding of it is so minimal that he thinks it "barely lowered the slope" of China's
energy demand. In fact, "barely" averaged 70 percent during 1980-2001.

Agree to Disagree
25 June 2007

Nuclear remains a slow, expensive option

Amory B. Lovins

I asked Stephen Berry what he thinks energy efficiency and low- or no-carbon energy sources can
do, how fast, and at what cost--giving him concrete examples of their successful implementation.

Agree to Disagree
25 April 2007

Nuclear is uneconomic

Amory B. Lovins

My friend Steve Berry "posits" a supposed need for major nuclear expansion, unsupported by any
analysis. To understand and test his conclusion, one must know what he thinks energy efficiency and