Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air
by David J C MacKay
MacKay does very simple sums, back-of-the-envelope sums, as to how much energy could we get from bio-fuels, how much energy could we get from wind power, how much land would it take? And his conclusion is that they can make a very significant contribution but it is basically not going to solve the problem.
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“What the late David MacKay did was give us a rigorous understanding of the way that we use and generate energy.”
“This is a fantastic piece of work to start people thinking about sustainable energy in a wider debate rather than just amongst scientists.”
“MacKay does very simple, back-of-the-envelope sums, as to how much energy could we get from bio-fuels, how much energy could we get from wind power, how much land would it take?”
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