Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era

By Amory Lovins, 352 pg., ISBN 978-1-60358-371-8, $34.95

This book puts forth the case that the time to start shelving fossil fuel is now and that alternative energy sources are ready to shoulder the load. The book presents the authors plan for changing business and government policies to make the complete transition from oil and coal, as well as nuclear power, by 2050, and save the U.S. economy $5 trillion in the process.

This liberal screed is written in an easy-to-read format with lots of sidebars, charts, and graphs.