Reinventing Fire
Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era
by Amory B. Lovins · first published 2011
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…http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/WWS-5.... David McKay's Without the Hot Air (http://www.withouthotair.com/) is one of the few comparable efforts I'm aware of, though RMI/Amory Lovins Reinventing Fire (http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781603585385-0) probably belongs in the mix. Also being discussed on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/RenewableTech/comments/2d8ptl/a_road... (Disclaimer: I'm a moderator…
on “Repowering California for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight [pdf]” ↗…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases Alfred Korzybski, “Science and Sanity” YouTube: “How To Catch A Baboon” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctol7JwpcuQ Exemplary Practices and Perspectives: Amory Lovins, “Reinventing Fire” E.F. Schumaker, “Small Is Beautiful” Christopher Alexander, “Notes on the Synthesis of Form” from: http://www.vpri.org/pdf/Kay_How.pdf http://www.squeakland.org/resources/books/readingList.jsp https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/alan-kay-books…
on “Ask HN: How to start developing critical thinking?” ↗…grow plants unnecessarily. If you must use wood to build a house -(there are better and cheaper materials in terms of energy and climate change enhancing emissions, see for examples Amory Lovins book Reinventing Fire or his lectures on Youtube) - then first grow those trees in a place that has no natural forest. And then do not burn the wood after you demolish the house. Do not use wood from forest, humans should…
on “Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly” ↗…by the way, isn't strictly the biomass required, but the accumulation period of that biomass: roughly 5 million years of ancient accumulation per present year of usage (as of 1997). Another source, Reinventing Fire (Amory Lovins et al) gives the value of 17 million times higher a usage than accumulation rate. Either way, this represents an off-books financing either in the form of debt (as many represent it) or…
on “Chevron Calls End to New Liquified Natural Gas Mega Projects” ↗…Equal Justice Initiative have been doing for death row inmates without proper representation, many wrongly imprisoned for decades. Depressing but inspiring. Never go to Alabama. Next up: Amory Lovins' Reinventing Fire, which has been on my list for a while. Saw him speak a few years back and got inspired. (I've no connection outside sharing the same name)
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗Amory Lovins made this case in Reinventing Fire a long time ago. I think people fail to see what is right there in front of them because: 1) they are stuck in old models of what is needed, baseload etc. 2) the energy sector is a trillion dollar business…
on “The solar industrial revolution is the biggest investment opportunity in history” ↗…Belong by Alan Doyle. Patterns of Enterprise Application Archetecture by Martin Fowler. Planning: Clean Code by Robert Martin. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson. Reinventing Fire by Amory Lovin. Short Stories (Kafka). Dover's* Abstract Algebra Paberback. Cambridge's Demosthenes Selected Private Speeches. Getting More by Stuart Diamond. Classic Myths to Read Aloud by William Russell.…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗…have his head in the sand about how difficult that will be. I tend to agree with that viewpoint but I'm skeptical we'll get there without pairing it with a significant boost in energy efficiency, ala Reinventing Fire[2]. 1: http://withouthotair.com/ 2: http://www.rmi.org/rmi/ReinventingFire
on “Japan's radiation disaster toll: none dead, none sick” ↗…bigger impact. All the big impactful things are in hard tech, ie changing industrial processes, new / material material design, energy production etc and planting trees. A book on my to read list is Reinventing Fire.
on “Ask HN: Best books read in 2022” ↗…who want to transition to working on projects to help fix the climate crisis? Where would you start? Curious, what bit are you working on to help fix this? Research as you’re doing a PhD? Reading “Reinventing Fire” currently. So much needs to change, but it feels like there is zero political will to address this crisis.
on “Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?” ↗