Amory Lovins

American energy policy analyst · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1947 · age 78

Amory Bloch Lovins is an American writer, physicist, and former chairman/chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has written on energy policy and related areas for four decades, and served on the US National Petroleum Council, an oil industry lobbying group, from 2011 to 2018.

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2008“Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand.”In their wordsMay 2008Missing the Market Meltdown (May 2008)Read the whole statement

2007Blue Planet PrizeAwardVolvo Environment PrizeAward2006“Fire made us human, fossil fuels made us modern, but now we need a new fire that make us safe,healthy, and durable. 2006-5-12”In their wordsRead the whole statement

2005Benjamin Franklin MedalAward1998Heinz AwardAward1983Right Livelihood AwardAward1947Born13 November 1947

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Solar energy technologies, such as solar water heaters, located on or near the buildings which they supply with energy, are a prime example of a soft energy technology.

A "negawatt revolution" would involve the rapid deployment of electricity-saving technologies, such as compact fluorescent lamps.

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Facts are more mundane than fantasies, but a better basis for conclusions.
Salon.com, 05/26/05, Own words
If you ask me, it'd be little short of disastrous for us to discover a source of clean, cheap, abundant energy because of what we would do with it.
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There are two kinds of micropower. One is co-gen and combined heat and power. That was about two-thirds of the new capacity and three-quarters of the new electricity last year.
An interview with Amory Lovins re: Nuclear Power, Own words