energy-policy efficiency
Why this book is here
Efficiency-first thinking is the frugal household's version of integrative design: the cheapest kilowatt-hour is the one you never need. This book supplies the sector-wide version of the arithmetic this site applies to a single apartment.
The summary
Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute assemble a business-led case for running a fully decarbonized United States on efficiency plus renewables, sector by sector, with integrative design doing most of the work. The book's signature move is counting the savings from using energy in radically better ways before counting new supply. Its scenarios were audited against mainstream forecasts and have aged better than most 2011 energy predictions.
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