Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. His first publication on energy policies came out 37 years ago, World energy strategies. Since then Lovins has briefed 19 heads of state and published 29 books and several hundred papers. His clients have included many Fortune 500 companies as well as the OECD and UN. In 2009 Time magazine named Lovins as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.

“Over the next few decades, the United States can get completely off oil and revitalize its industrial and rural economy—led by business for profit.”