Reinventing Fire Electricity Sector Methodology

This document provides RMI's methodology for the analysis of the electricity sector in Reinventing Fire.

 

Reply to William Tucker's Critique of Amory Lovins's Article "Nuclear Socialism"

On 26 October 2010, The American Spectator published William Tucker's critical article about Amory Lovins's "Nuclear Socialism" article in The Weekly Standard. The American Spectator didn't acknowledge or publish Mr. Lovins's 1 November reply, so on 14 December he posted it as a comment and RMI published it here.

 

Nuclear Socialism

In this article in The Weekly Standard, Amory Lovins explains why the current 100+% subsidies for new nuclear power plants are still unable to attract private capital, yet violate free-market principles, hazard utilities' and taxpayers' financial health, and should be abolished—along with all other energy subsidies.

 

Nuclear Power: Economics and Climate-Protection Potential

This paper makes an economic argument against the use of nuclear power. The authors argue that, despite strong governmental support, nuclear power is unfinancible in the private capital market.

 

Can Nuclear Power Solve the Energy Crisis?

This article answers the question, can nuclear power solve the energy crisis? According to the authors, nuclear power is too costly, risky, and inefficient to be an answer to the country's energy problems.

 

Energy: The Avoidable Oil Crisis

This article, published after the oil shocks of the 1970s, details strategies for reducing oil shortages and keeping costs low. The most effective strategy proposed by the authors is substitution.