What is Non-Nuclear Futures?
{{italictitle}} '''''Non-Nuclear Futures: The Case for an Ethical Energy Strategy''''' is a 1975 book by [[Amory B. Lovins]] and John H. Price.<ref name=non>Lovins, Amory B. and Price, John H. (1975). ''Non-nuclear Futures: The Case for an Ethical Energy Strategy'' (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1975. xxxii + 223pp. {{ISBN|0884106020}}, {{ISBN|0884106039}}).</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Weinberg|first=Alvin M. |date=December 1976|title=Book review. Non-nuclear futures: the case for an ethical energy strategy|journal=Energy Policy|publisher=Elsevier Science Ltd.|volume=4 |issue= 4 |pages=363–366 |issn=0301-4215|doi=10.1016/0301-4215(76)90031-8 |url=http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/enepol/v4y1976i4p363-366.html}}</ref> The book says that the [[nuclear power debate]] is not about technical disputes but relates to different personal views ([[Value (personal and cultural)|personal values]]). The personal values that make a high-energy society work are all too apparent, and the values associated with an alternate view relate to thrift, simplicity, diversity, neighbourliness, craftsmanship, and humility.<ref>''Non-Nuclear Futures'', pp. xix-xxi.</ref> Lovins and Price say that these two different sets of personal values lead to two very different policy paths relating to future energy supplies. The first is high-energy nuclear, centralized, electric; the second is lower energy, non-nuclear, decentralized, less electrified, [[Soft energy technology|softer technology]].<ref>''Non-Nuclear Futures'', p. xxiii.</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Anti-nuclear movement]] *[[Nuclear-free zone]] *[[Rocky Mountain Institute]] *[[The Clean Tech Revolution]] ==References== <references/> [[Category:Books about nuclear issues]] [[Category:1975 books]]