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The reason the U.S. lags so badly is that we have obsolete rules that favor big over small, supply over efficiency, and incumbents over new market entrants.

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Amory Lovins
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 13
Businessperson
Car Designer
Environmentalist
Physicist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Amory B. Lovins
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