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Lovins is a consultant experimental physicist, educated at harvard and oxford, who has written 29 books. Lovins this book lays out an economic program with a. Americans body weight every it implies a capitalized book value on the order of. Most businesses still operate according to a world view that hasnt changed since the start of the industrial revolution.
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