Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603583718 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Take these prescriptions on energy, and the rest of America will do quite nicely in the years ahead. While the contributors are all affiliated with Rocky Mountain Institute, the book's content has been reviewed by outside experts as well. Book News- Author Lovins, a government consultant on energy, is co-founder and chief scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent think-tank on the use of natural resources. Shultz, former Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury, distinguished fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, former president of Bechtel"My friend Amory Lovins knows that the most important question of the twenty-first century is the 'how' question-how we turn good ideas into working solutions. Now, in Reinventing Fire, that profit-led path is here, clear, and compelling."--Gerald D. This is a stunning work of enormous dimension. Summing up: Highly recommende
Dean said The Kindle version is easily legible, at standard or slightly larger type fonts. I was reluctant to order the Kindle edition as a reviewer had suggested is was "unreadable". That problem apparently has been solved as of December "The Kindle version is easily legible, at standard or slightly larger type fonts" according to Dean. I was reluctant to order the Kindle edition as a reviewer had suggested is was "unreadable". That problem apparently has been solved as of December 2015. It reads perfectly on my standard Kindle. The sidebars have a colored background. It's easily legible, at standard or slightly larger type fonts and with a black, sepia or white background. This is a very large book, the kindle edition makes a great deal of practical sense and is a bargain. Do NOT, repeat, do NOT hesitate to purchase the kindle e. 015. It reads perfectly on my standard Kindle. The sidebars have a colored background. It's easily legible, at standard or slightly larger type fonts and with a black, sepia or white background. This is a very large book, the kindle edition makes a great deal of practical sense and is a bargain. Do NOT, repeat, do NOT hesitate to purchase the kindle e. "The MacGyver of Clean Energy and Sustainability" according to Bill Nussey. Reinventing Fire is the definitive vision on clean energy, efficiency and the future of transportation. Amory Lovins is like the MacGyver of sustainability - he sees the same set of current technologies and policies as everyone else but he is somehow able to reassemble them in brilliant new ways that address the problems other see as intractable. While not every one of his ideas may will survive the test of time, the most important contribution of Reinventing Fire is the concept of Integrative Des. "Must Read for Energy Junkies" according to Bill Henderson Jr.. The book is not perfect, but its scale and the amount of work that went into it is incredible. There are over 750 references and the bibliography represents a lifetime of energy reading and research.The book provides an optimist's vision of American and global energy generation and energy efficiency strategies leading to an ideal mix by 2050. Lovins lays out the big picture of how this is possible, economically advantageous, and even probable. Best of all, Lovins stays apolitical - my favorite quo
Just energy abundance, benign and affordable, for all, forever. Imagine fuel without fear. Nothing to cut off. No climate change. No oil-fed wars, tyrannies, or terrorists. Reinventing Fire answers this trans-ideological call. Nothing to run out. No energy poverty. Authored by a world leader on energy and innovation, the book maps a robust path for integrating real, here-and-now, comprehensive energy solutions in four industries-transportation, buildings, electricity, and manufacturing-melding radically efficient energy use with reliable, secure, renewable energy supplies.Popular in tone and rooted in applied hope, Reinventing Fire shows how smart businesses are creating a potent, global, market-driven, and explosively growing movement t
He is also the co-author of the sustainable business classic, Natural Capitalism. An anthology from his 1968-2010 work, The Essential Amory Lovins, was released in 2011. He cofounded in 1982 and serves as Chairman and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent, market-oriented, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, nonpartisan think-and-do tank that creates abundance by design. Departments of Energy and Defense. His most recent visiting academic chair was in spring 2007