Quotes by Amory Lovins

About Amory Lovins:

Amory Bloch Lovins is an American physicist, environmental scientist, writer, and Chairman/Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has worked in the field of energy policy and related areas for four decades. He was named by Time magazine one of the World's 100 most influential people in 2009.
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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

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

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

Amory Lovins

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

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameAmory Lovins
  • DescriptionAmerican physicist
  • BornNovember 13, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhysicist; Writer
  • AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program; Volvo Environment Prize; Right Livelihood Award