Making renewable energy crystal clear
Posted by:
Jose
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Date: June 22, 2008 12:34PM A physics professor in Cambridge has written a book about sustainable energy were he puts numbers to everything that is talked about today in vague terms.
How much energy do we need? Can renewables cover this demand? In what way? How about new technologies? Looks at every conceivable option, does a pretty thorough job and explains things very clearly. Geared towards the general public, no expertise is needed to understand it, and everything is in terms of simple numbers which everyone can relate to. Here's an article with a general overview of the situation [www.theregister.co.uk] Excerpts:
Here is Professor MacKay's webpage called Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air [www.withouthotair.com] A 4-page executive summary of his book [www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk] And the latest draft of his book [www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk] Over 400 pages but really worth reading, as it will illuminate many concepts which might be ambiguous in the present day treatment of this topic by the general media, politicians, green groups, etc... There's also some slides from various talks he gave on his webpage, which again I would recommend looking at. Cheers, J Re: Making renewable energy crystal clear
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: June 23, 2008 07:44AM jose
awesome! will definetely be taking it apart much appreciated Re: Making renewable energy crystal clear
Posted by:
Lightform
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Date: June 23, 2008 10:54AM I'm just passing through at the moment, late night etc so I haven't read the articles. I can see that it is about energy production though so I want to share some information that most people will find hard to believe. There IS such a thing as "free" energy, or a means for totally independent energy production which doesn't rely on any external input. It is possable for the world to make use of this and you can learn all about it here [www.theorionproject.org] Re: Making renewable energy crystal clear
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Anonymous User
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Date: June 23, 2008 12:15PM You sure do set up a great New Topic, Jose. I like the way you introduce the subject, do excerpt/quotes, post links, and give your commentary.
(Compared to when I just post the link -- hmmmm) Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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