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Fire made us human, fossil fuels made us modern, but now we need a new fire that makes us safe, secure, healthy and durable.

~Amory Lovins

Topics: Durable Fire Fossil Fossil Fuels Fuels Healthy Human Made Makes Modern Need New Now Safe Secure Us

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I'm a practitioner of elegant frugality. I don't feel comfortable telling other people what to do, so I just try and lead by example.

~Amory Lovins

Topics: Comfortable Elegant Example Feel Frugality Just Lead Lead By Example Other People Telling Try

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I'm not an environmentalist. I'm a cultural repairman. It's all about efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, prosperous and life-sustaining.

~Amory Lovins

Topics: About Cultural Efficient Environmentalist Make Prosperous Resources Secure Use World

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Energy-saving technologies keep improving faster than they're applied, so efficiency is an ever larger and cheaper resource.

~Amory Lovins

Topics: Applied Cheaper Efficiency Ever Faster Improving Keep Larger Resource Technologies Than

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I am a man without a furnace. My windows are insulated by 19 sheets of glass which cost less than installing a heating system.

~Amory Lovins

Topics: Am Cost Furnace Glass Heating Less Man Sheets System Than Which Windows Without I Am

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Public discourse about climate change has resulted in the erroneous idea that it's all about cost, burden and sacrifice. If the math was correct, everyone would see it's about profit, jobs and competitive advantage.

~Amory Lovins

Topics: About Advantage Burden Change Climate Climate Change Competitive Competitive Advantage Correct Cost Discourse Everyone Idea Jobs Math Profit Public Resulted Sacrifice See Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: November 13th, 1947

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