"Reinventing Fire" - An Overview
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"Reinventing Fire", by Amory Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute, explores what converting the U.S. to almost all renewable energy sources would look like. Spoiler alert: It looks pretty darn good.
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- 1. Imagine fuel without fear. No climate change. No oil spills, dead coal miners, dirty air, devastated lands, lost wildlife. No energy poverty. No oil-fed wars, tyrannies, or terrorists. Nothing to run out. Nothing to cut off. Nothing to worry about.
- 2. Just energy abundance, benign and affordable, for all, for ever.
- 3. R E I N V E N T I N G F I R E
- 4. R E I N V E N T I N G F I R E For a richer, fairer, cooler + safer world.
- 5. R E I N V E N T I N G F I R E Amory Lovins + Rocky Mountain Institute
- 6. That richer, fairer, cooler, safer world is possible, practical, even profitable–because saving and replacing fossil fuels now works better and costs no more than buying and burring them. ! We just need a new fire. “ ’’ – Reinventing Fire
- 7. Amory Lovins RMI Cofounder, Chairman + Chief Scientist experimental physicist main theorist for soft energy path
- 8. RMI Cofounder, Chairman + Chief Scientist experimental physicist main theorist for soft energy path Amory Lovins
- 10. 1976 alternative energy system energy efficiency + renewable energy sources steadily replace the existing centralized energy system based on fossil + nuclear fuels Soft Energy Path
- 11. Rocky Mountain Institute profitable innovations for energy + resource efficiency research, publication, consulting, lecturing
- 12. Rocky Mountain Institute Vision and Mission Application in the real world. RMI’s vision is a world thriving, verdant, and secure, for all, for ever. ! RMI’s mission is to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources.
- 13. Rocky Mountain Institute Vision and Mission Application in the real world. RMI’s vision is a world thriving, verdant, and secure, for all, for ever. ! RMI’s mission is to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources. ! …market-based solutions that can be replicated and implemented now. ! With philanthropic support, we convene and collaborate with diverse partners—business, government, academic, nonprofit, philanthropic, and military—to accelerate and scale solutions that tackle the toughest long-term problems. We create Abundance by Design® and apply the framework of natural capitalism. “ ’’
- 14. Rocky Mountain Institute Vision and Mission Application in the real world. RMI’s vision is a world thriving, verdant, and secure, for all, for ever. ! RMI’s mission is to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources. ! …market-based solutions that can be replicated and implemented now. ! With philanthropic support, we convene and collaborate with diverse partners—business, government, academic, nonprofit, philanthropic, and military—to accelerate and scale solutions that tackle the toughest long-term problems. We create Abundance by Design® and apply the framework of natural capitalism. We provide services that help businesses, communities, and institutions save energy and natural resources, prevent pollution, and strengthen communities. ! RMI creates abundance through solutions that wring far more benefit from energy, water, materials, and other resources, and showing people how to do more and better with less for longer. We reveal how to meet the needs of a clean, prosperous, and secure world […] by innovative design, rigorously applied and vigorously promoted. “ ’’ “ ’’
- 15. Application in the real world.
- 16. Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! !
- 17. 1Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity
- 18. 1Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment.
- 19. 1 2 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design
- 20. 1 2 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. !
- 21. 1 2 3 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action ! !
- 22. 1 2 3 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! !
- 23. 1 2 3 4 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions !
- 24. 1 2 3 4 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! !
- 25. 1 2 3 4 5 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! ! End-use/Least-cost Approach ! !
- 26. 1 2 3 4 5 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! ! End-use/Least-cost Approach: "What are we trying to do, and what's the best and cheapest way to do it?" ! !
- 27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! ! End-use/Least-cost Approach: "What are we trying to do, and what's the best and cheapest way to do it?" ! !Biological Insight
- 28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! ! End-use/Least-cost Approach: "What are we trying to do, and what's the best and cheapest way to do it?" ! !Biological Insight: Nature offers extraordinary design solutions honed by 3.8 billion years' rigorous testing. ! !
- 29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! ! End-use/Least-cost Approach: "What are we trying to do, and what's the best and cheapest way to do it?" ! !Biological Insight: Nature offers extraordinary design solutions honed by 3.8 billion years' rigorous testing. ! ! Corporate Transformation !
- 30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! ! End-use/Least-cost Approach: "What are we trying to do, and what's the best and cheapest way to do it?" ! !Biological Insight: Nature offers extraordinary design solutions honed by 3.8 billion years' rigorous testing. ! ! Corporate Transformation: We view the corporate world, which environmental groups often dismiss as "the problem," as an essential part of the solution. ! !
- 31. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! ! End-use/Least-cost Approach: "What are we trying to do, and what's the best and cheapest way to do it?" ! !Biological Insight: Nature offers extraordinary design solutions honed by 3.8 billion years' rigorous testing. ! ! Corporate Transformation: We view the corporate world, which environmental groups often dismiss as "the problem," as an essential part of the solution. ! ! The Pursuit of Interconnection
- 32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rocky Mountain Institute Guiding Principles The backdrop for natural capitalism. a form of doing business that properly values its natural origins ! ! Advanced Resource Productivity: Using natural resources much more productively – efficiently – is both profitable and better for the environment. Whole-Systems Design: Whole-systems design reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits. ! Positive Action: We don't lobby, litigate, or harass those with whom we disagree. ! ! Market-Oriented Solutions: We believe in working with markets, not against them. ! ! End-use/Least-cost Approach: "What are we trying to do, and what's the best and cheapest way to do it?" ! !Biological Insight: Nature offers extraordinary design solutions honed by 3.8 billion years' rigorous testing. ! ! Corporate Transformation: We view the corporate world, which environmental groups often dismiss as "the problem," as an essential part of the solution. ! ! The Pursuit of Interconnection: We believe strongly in the importance of a "vision across boundaries." !
- 33. Built on Rocky Mountain Institute’s 30 years of research and work in the field, Reinventing Fire maps pathways for running a 158%-bigger U.S. economy in 2050 but needing no oil, no coal, and no nuclear energy.
- 35. R E I N V E N T I N G F I R E
- 36. R E I N V E N T I N G F I R E support a 158% bigger economy use zero energy from coal, oil or nuclear reduce CO2 emissions by 80% close all 580 U.S. coal plants eliminate $160 billion in economic losses from blackouts each year unlock $5 trillion in savings
- 39. transportation buildings eliminating oil for transportation ! ! ! ! a building stock that is 50% more efficient ! ! ! ! !
- 40. transportation buildings industry eliminating oil for transportation ! ! ! ! reduce energy consumption by 9% below 2010 levels ! ! ! ! a building stock that is 50% more efficient ! ! ! ! !
- 41. transportation buildings industry electricity eliminating oil for transportation ! ! ! ! reduce energy consumption by 9% below 2010 levels ! ! ! ! a building stock that is 50% more efficient ! ! ! ! ! meet 80% of electricity demand with renewables ! ! ! !
- 42. transportation
- 43. transportation America has been built on her ability to move people and goods quickly and freely, fueled by seemingly inexpensive oil
- 44. transportation 13 million barrels of oil a day for transportation - 73% of all oil used in U.S.
- 45. transportation Americans pay two billion dollars a day on oil - half from foreign countries, some considered security threats
- 46. transportation When taxes on oil are accounted for, one trillion dollars per year is spent on oil - 12% of GDP, plus any costs to independence, security, health and environment
- 47. transportation Oil free transportation can solve these problems by 2050
- 48. transportation Super efficient autos, trucks and planes used more productively would need 3/4ths less fuel, no oil and less lifecycle cost Oil free transportation can solve these problems by 2050
- 49. transportation Uncompromised convenience, safety and performance Super efficient autos, trucks and planes used more productively would need 3/4ths less fuel, no oil and less lifecycle cost Oil free transportation can solve these problems by 2050
- 50. buildings
- 51. America’s 120 million buildings consume a remarkable amount of energy buildings
- 52. 42% of the nation’s primary energy buildings
- 53. 72% of the nation’s electricity buildings
- 54. 34% of the nation’s directly used natural gas buildings
- 55. America’s buildings use more energy than any country except China and the whole United States buildings
- 56. buildings Minimizing energy waste doesn’t require rocket scientists or brain surgeons
- 57. buildings Straightforward business practices and policies for engineers, architects and contractors Minimizing energy waste doesn’t require rocket scientists or brain surgeons
- 58. buildings Profit opportunities from new business initiatives and innovation Straightforward business practices and policies for engineers, architects and contractors Minimizing energy waste doesn’t require rocket scientists or brain surgeons
- 59. buildings Save money and reap societal benefits like job creation, improved public health and environmental stewardship, and strengthened national security Profit opportunities from new business initiatives and innovation Straightforward business practices and policies for engineers, architects and contractors Minimizing energy waste doesn’t require rocket scientists or brain surgeons
- 60. industry Industry is complex and diverse – with a multitude of products, processes, and plants
- 61. industry Two purposes – running motors and heating materials account for more than 3/4 of the U.S.’ industry’s primary energy use
- 62. industry Excluding feedstocks, U.S. industry used roughly 1/4 of the nation’s total primary energy in 2010
- 63. industry Fortunately, industry has a long track record of delivering reductions in energy intensity
- 64. industry Increased focus on cogeneration (combined heat and power) plus… Fortunately, industry has a long track record of delivering reductions in energy intensity
- 65. industry Fortunately, industry has a long track record of delivering reductions in energy intensity Increased focus on cogeneration (combined heat and power) plus… …energy efficiency technologies and changes in the transportation and electricity sectors will result in lower industry energy needs in 2050
- 66. industry Fortunately, industry has a long track record of delivering reductions in energy intensity Increased focus on cogeneration (combined heat and power) plus… 2050 energy needs to be 9-13% less than 2010 U.S. industrial energy use …energy efficiency technologies and changes in the transportation and electricity sectors will result in lower industry energy needs in 2050
- 67. electricity Electricity is the lifeblood of both buildings (72%) and industry (28%)
- 68. electricity The electricity system is slow to respond and reluctant to adapt
- 69. electricity 1/3 of fossil fuels are being burned by power stations - 68% of power stations rely on fossil-fuels for energy
- 70. electricity Smarter technologies and designs can cost-effectively deliver the same or better services with 70 percent less electricity per dollar of GDP than in 2010
- 71. electricity The central challenges in adopting these advances are no longer technological or economic; they are cultural and institutional Smarter technologies and designs can cost-effectively deliver the same or better services with 70 percent less electricity per dollar of GDP than in 2010
- 72. communities
- 73. communities Work with individual communities to create beacons of success and share the models that will enable other communities to follow a similar path To achieve a clean, prosperous, and secure energy future, we need to transform global energy use By 2025, China must be leading the way in global energy transformation in order to reduce carbon emissions by 70% from major energy users
- 74. While renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power offer great potential to meet the nation’s energy needs, RMI endorses the efficient use of energy as the most important, economical, underused, overlooked, and misunderstood way to meet our energy demands. Efficiency is rapidly becoming more feasible and economical as technologies, delivery methods, and integrative design improve. However with efforts to end our dependence on fossil fuels there is no “silver bullet” and RMI believes that a diversified energy portfolio—including but not limited to renewable energy—is important to meeting our future energy demands. Why can’t the United States use only renewable sources of energy to power the country? “ “
- 76. Sources ! Join Us to Drive the New Energy Era." Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2014. <http://www.rmi.org>. ! Lovins B., Amory. "Reinventing Fire - Our World." Reinventing Fire - Our World. Our World by United Nations University, 22 Jan. 2010. Web. 2 May 2014. <http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/ reinventing-fire>. ! ! ! R E I N V E N T I N G F I R E report presentation Images ! Boulder Colorado, http://www.rmi.org/Locations ! Amory Lovins, http://www.holcimfoundation.org/Article/3rd- international-holcim-forum-to-focus-on-re-inventing- construc ! Amory Lovins Residence, http://www.siemens.com/ innovation/apps/pof_microsite/_pof-spring-2010/_html_en/ interview-amory-lovins.html ! Reinventing Fire Books, http://blog.rmi.org/ Amory_Lovins_Xconomy ! Fire, http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/reinventing-fire Icons ! Rocky Mountain Institute Logo, ! Factory designed by Lil Squid from the thenounproject.com ! Plug-In designed by Olivier Guin from the thenounproject.com ! House designed by Max Erdenberger from the thenounproject.com ! City designed by inna belenkey from the thenounproject.com ! Car designed by Nurutdinov Timur from the thenounproject.com ! Community designed by Martin Vanco from the thenounproject.com Brittney Boudwin | SUST 704 | Spring 2014 | Prof. Boylston