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Soft energy paths:

toward a durable peace
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Harper & Row, 1979 - Business & Economics - 231 pages
Writing from the viewpoint of a disenchanted nuclear technologist, the author appeals for a reconsideration or present energy strategies, emphasizing the hazards of atomic energy and the errors of current energy forecasts

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User Review  - John - Goodreads

Somewhat technical, but groundbreaking book about alternative and "green" energy. I was fortunate enough to see the author speak a few years after it was first published. The topics covered in this ... Read full review

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User Review  - Rebecca - Goodreads

While not the most simple read, this book led me to a deeper consideration of necessities and requirements in our daily living patterns. Read full review

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Chapter Three
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Chapter Five
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About the author (1979)

Amory B. Lovins is Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute and a co-author of "Factor Four" (Earthscan, 1997). He is widely considered amongthe world 's leading authorities on energy especially its efficient use and sustainable supply and is a fertile innovator in integrative design. The Centennial Issue of "The Wall Street Journal" named him among 39 people in the world most likely to change the course of business in the 1990s, and in 2009, "Time" Magazine called him one of the 100 most influential people in theworld.

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