Friday, November 06, 2009  Amory Lovins vs. Stewart Brand - Part
One (The “Land Footprint Myth”)  Three weeks ago Mr. Amory
Lovins released a very pointed critique of Stewart Brand’s
chapter on nuclear in Brand’s new book, Whole Earth Discipline.
After reading both Brand’s and Lovins’ pieces, I understood why
Lovins was so critical of Brand. It was because Brand was quite
critical of Lovins in his book (p. 99):  In early 2009, in Ambio
magazine, Amory Lovins declared: “Nuclear power is continuing
its decades-long collapse in the global marketplace because it’s
grossly uncompetitive, unneeded, and obsolete.”  How can someone
[Lovins] so smart be so wrong about a subject he knows so well?
[Emphasis added] Ouch. It’s now clear to us why Mr. Lovins came
out with his critique of Brand when he did.  Over the past
couple of weeks, we’ve been able to digest Mr. Lovins’ latest
claims in his new study (pdf) and have generated quite a few
thoughts to share. In Lovins’ response to Brand’s chapter on
nuclear, Lovins takes