Binding: Paperback
Publisher: AAPG
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781881071105ISBN:1881071103
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"Available for free as a PDF! Everyone should read this. A little dense, yes, but it constructs an arguably viable plan for restructuring an economy without oil. Is it the ultimate answer to global climate change? Absolutely not. The reason it's required reading is that it proves that climate change is not a technically insurmountable problem- we have the technology right now. Not easy, but POSSIBLE. Those who would like to wait for "the golden bullet" technology that will supposedly singlehandedly solve the myriad of economic and technical problems are betting on a strategy 100% guaranteed for failure. The only "golden bullet" is the political will to take action."
"Ok, I'm never going to finish this. I expected Wonky, but there is a ton of repetition and little I didn't already know.
My big take away: Light-weighting cars is important. Make them lighter, they get better gas mileage. Use advanced lightweight materials, and they can be as strong as heavy steel cars."
"lovins does a disservice to the environmental movement once again, this time in a pentagon-funded book trying to sell the idea of energy efficiency to large corporations from the energy and car industries.
utterly ignores the scarcity of oil and energy, by the way, don't be fooled by the title."
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