'' Brittle Power : Energy Strategy for National Security '' is a 1982 book by Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins , prepared originally as a Pentagon study and re-released in 2001 following the September 11 attacks . The book argues that the U.S. domestic energy infrastructure is very vulnerable to disruption , whether by accident or malice , often even more so than US technology is vulnerable to disruption of the imported oil supply . According to the authors , a resilient energy system is feasible , costs less , works better , and is favoured in the market , but is rejected by U.S. policy . In the preface to the 2001 edition , Lovins explains that these themes are still very current
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