Winning the Oil Endgame-Contents

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Executive Summary
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. More...

Forewords: • Foreword by George P. Shultz More...; • Foreword by Sir Mark Moody-Stuart More...

Oil Dependence: • Oil is the lifeblood of modern industrial economies—but not forever; • Even an important industry can be displaced by competitors; • America can replace oil quickly—and already has; • Oil supplies are becoming more concentrated and less secure; • Counting the direct cost of oil dependence; • Oil dependence's hidden costs may well exceed its direct costs; • Could less oil dependence be not only worthy but also profitable?; • Whatever exists is possible More...

This Report: • Structure and methodology; • Conservatisms and conventions More...

Saving Oil: • Option 1. Efficient use of oil More...

Substituting for Oil: • Option 2. Substituting biofuels and biomaterials; • Option 3. Substituting saved natural gas More...

Combined Conventional Potential: More...

Implementation: • Strategic vision; • The endangered automotive sector—why it's important to act now; • Crafting an effective energy strategy: transformative business innovation; • If we don't act soon, the invisible hand will become the invisible fist; • Crafting coherent supportive policies; • Option 4. Substituting hydrogen More...

Implications and Conclusions: • Implications; • Conclusions More...

About the Publisher
Rocky Mountain Institute (www.rmi.org) is an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit applied research center working chiefly with the private sector to foster advanced resource productivity. More...

About the Authors
Written by Rocky Mountain Institute CEO Amory Lovins with four coauthors. More...

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