''Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security'' is a 2005 book by
Amory B. Lovins
Amory Bloch Lovins (born November 13, 1947) 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 Nationa ...
,
E. Kyle Datta, Odd-Even Bustnes,
Jonathan G. Koomey, and Nathan J. Glasgow, published by the
Rocky Mountain Institute
RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute) is an organization in the United States co-founded by Amory Lovins dedicated to research, publication, consulting, and lecturing in the field of sustainability, with a focus on profitable innovations for energy an ...
. It presents an independent, transdisciplinary analysis of four ways to reduce
petroleum
Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...
dependence in the United States:
*Using oil more efficiently, through smarter technologies that wring more (and often better) services from less oil (pp. 29–102).
*Substituting for petroleum fuels other liquids made from biomass or wastes (pp. 103–111).
*Substituting saved natural gas for oil in uses where they’re interchangeable, such as furnaces and boilers (pp. 111–122).
*Replacing oil with hydrogen made from non-oil resources (pp. 228–242).
Problems and solutions
The authors explain that the problems of oil dependence are manageable, suggesting that oil dependence is a problem we need no longer have. The proposed solutions to oil dependence are profitable and U.S. oil dependence can be eliminated by proven and attractive technologies that create wealth, enhance choice, and strengthen common security. The authors argue that America can lead the world into the post-petroleum era and create a vibrant economy. (p.xiii)
Reviews
''Winning the Oil Endgame'' has received many positive reviews and the
Wall Street Journal
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called the book "Perhaps the most rigorous and surely the most dramatic analysis of what it will take to wean us from foreign oil ... carried out by the Rocky Mountain Institute, a respected center of hard-headed, market-based research."
The Author
Amory Lovins has published 28 books and hundreds of papers. His work has been recognized by the
Right Livelihood Award, Onassis, Nissan, Shingo and Mitchell prizes, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Happold Medal, eight honorary doctorates, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, World Technology, and
Hero of the Planet Awards. Lovins has also acted as a consultant to many
Fortune 500 companies.
Tilting at Energy Windmills
''The Wall Street Journal'', 25 July 2005.
See also
*Brittle Power
''Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security'' is a 1982 book by Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, prepared originally as a Pentagon study and re-released in 2001 following the September 11 attacks. The book argues that the U.S. do ...
* Efficient energy use
* Energy conservation
* Hypercar
*Peak oil
Peak oil is the hypothetical point in time when the maximum rate of global oil production is reached, after which it is argued that production will begin an irreversible decline. It is related to the distinct concept of oil depletion; whil ...
* Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
*Renewable energy commercialization
Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include b ...
* Soft energy technology
*Soft energy path
In 1976, energy policy analyst Amory Lovins coined the term soft energy path to describe an alternative future where energy efficiency and appropriate renewable energy sources steadily replace a centralized energy system based on fossil and nucle ...
* The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era
References
External links
Winning the Oil Endgame presentation at MIT
- Video of Lovins.
Amory Lovins: We must win the oil endgame (TED presentation)
Winning the Oil Endgame
- The Book Home Page - Read Free Online or Buy
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