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Transformational Trucks: Determining the Energy Efficiency Limits of a Class-8 Tractor Trailer
Feasible technological improvements in vehicle efficiency, combined with “long combination vehicles” (which raise productivity by connecting multiple trailers), can potentially raise the ton-mile efficiency of…
Spatial and Temporal Interactions of Solar and Wind Resources in the Next Generation Utility
The “next generation” electric utility must incorporate variable renewable resources, including wind and solar, in much larger quantities than conventionally thought possible. While resource variability…
Triple Safety: Lightweighting Automobiles to Improve Occupant, Highway, and Global Safety
Automobilesʼ negative impact on human health and welfare includes traffic-related deaths and injuries as well as the deaths and injuries caused by automobilesʼ contribution to…
Feebates: a Legislative Option to Encourage Continuous Improvements to Automobile Efficiency
A feebate is an incentive policy that encourages the continuous improvement to automobile fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions by providing incentives for manufacturers to…
Preface to the Chinese Edition of Winning the Oil Endgame
In the preface to the Chinese edition to Winning the Oil Endgame, Amory Lovins puts the book in context for the Chinese audience. Winning the…