The Energizer

Amory Lovins has a vision: The U.S. economy keeps going and going and going—without any oil

By Cal Fussman

DISCOVER Vol. 27 No. 02 | February 2006 | Environment

Complete article online here:

http://www.discover.com/issues/feb-06/features/energizer/

AMORY LOVINS is a physicist, economist, inventor, automobile designer, consultant to 18 heads of state, author of 29 books, and cofounder of Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmental think tank. Most of all, he's a man who takes pride in saving energy. The electricity bill at his 4,000-square-foot home in Old Snowmass, Colorado, is five dollars a month, and he's convinced he can do the same for all of us.

His book, Winning the Oil Endgame, shows how the United States can save as much oil as it gets from the Persian Gulf by 2015 and how all oil imports can be eliminated by 2040. And that's just for starters.