Amory Lovins Quotes

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

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

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

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