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Profitable Solutions to Climate Change

Climate solutions are not costly but instead profitable, since saving fuel costs less than buying fuel. That's what energy expert Amory Lovins will discuss at 8 p.m. on Monday, October 27. Lovins's talk is part of Caltech's Chen-Huang Sustainable Energy Series and will take place in Beckman Auditorium on campus.

Lovins, an internationally recognized expert on energy independence, cofounded the Rocky Mountain Institute and now serves as chairman and chief scientist. Newsweek called Lovins "one of the Western world's most influential energy thinkers." He has been described by The Economist as an "energy visionary" who "sounded the first alarm about the potential damage that climate change might bring." His nearly four decades of advocacy for resource efficiency, energy innovation, and holistic design have garnered attention because of today's interrelated energy and climate issues.

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