Listed below are all documents and RMI.org site pages related to this topic.
Energy and Resources - Energy Policy, 17 Items
Journal or Magazine Article, 2010
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/2010-03_ForeignPolicyProliferationOilClimatePattern
Proliferation, climate change, and oil dependence share both nuclear non-solutions that frustrate U.S. foreign-policy goals and non-nuclear solutions that can achieve them. This synthesis of all three issues shows how reconciling foreign with domestic energy policy can solve these and other big problems at a profit. This essay, first posted 21 January 2010 in Foreign Policy, is expanded in the annotated paper,"Proliferation, Climate, and Oil: Solving for Pattern" (RMI document ID 2010-02).
Report or White Paper, 2009
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/2009-08_AssessingElectricProductivityGap
This paper explores how effectively the United States has used electricity and compares energy efficiency implementation by state. This paper analyzes state-level electric productivity to determine which states are the most productive with their electricity.
Report or White Paper, 2009
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/E09-01_NuclearPowerClimateFixOrFolly
This semi-technical article, summarizing a detailed and documented technical paper (see "The Nuclear Illusion" (2008)), compares the cost, climate protection potential, reliability, financial risk, market success, deployment speed, and energy contribution of new nuclear power with those of its low- or no-carbon competitors.
Report or White Paper, 2009
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/2009-01_FederalEnergyPolicyGoals
This 19-page memo to the Obama administration outlines 17 goals that can reduce U.S. oil use and greenhouse gas emissions each by 50% in 10 years. These policies would also create over three million jobs in the next four years, and earning a profit for the nation in under 25 years.
Journal or Magazine Article, 2009
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/2009-07_NuclearSameOldStory
In this paper, Amory Lovins argues that nuclear power plants of any kind (whether light-water reactors, integral fast reactors, or thorium reactors) have no economic, environmental, or security support.
Journal or Magazine Article, 2009
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/2009-09_FourNuclearMyths
Some nuclear-power advocates claim that wind and solar power can't provide much if any reliable power because they're not "baseload," that they use too much land, that all energy options including new nuclear build are needed to combat climate change, and that nuclear power's economics don't matter because climate change will force governments to dictate energy choices and pay for whatever is necessary. None of these claims can withstand analytic scrutiny.
Journal or Magazine Article, 2009
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/2009-12_ClimateEightConvenientTruths
In this article from Roll Call, Amory Lovins provides eight arguments for congress to pass climate change legislation.
Journal or Magazine Article, 2008
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/E08-04_ForgetNuclear
This article compares the cost, climate protection potential, reliability, financial risk, market success, deployment speed, and energy contribution of new nuclear power with those of its low- or no-carbon competitors.
Book or Book Chapter, 2004
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/2004-08_WTOEExecSummary
The Executive Summary of Winning the Oil Endgame briefly outlines RMI's strategic plan to end oil dependence by the 2040s.
Book or Book Chapter, 2004
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/E04-07_WinningTheOilEndgame
This independent, peer-reviewed synthesis for American business and military leaders charts a roadmap for getting the United States completely, attractively, and profitably off oil.
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