Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
$65.15
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2009
Summary
The enlightening, best-selling book on understanding sustainable energy and how we can make energy plans that add up.
If you’ve ever wondered how much energy we use, and where it comes from – and where it could come from – but are fed up with all the hot air and ‘greenwash‘, this is the book for you. Renewable resources are ‘huge‘, but our energy consumption is also ‘huge‘. To compare ‘huge‘ things with each other, we need numbers, not adjectives.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780954452933 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0954452933 |
| Author: | David JC MacKay |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | UIT Cambridge LTD |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 1.00kg |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 195mm x 223mm |
| Series: | without the hot air |
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Critics Review
“If only all scientists could adopt this approach, then perhaps there would be no need for politically motivated TV documentaries.”
For anyone with influence on energy policy, whether in government, business or a campaign group, this book should be compulsory reading. – Tony Juniper (Former Executive Director, Friends of the Earth)
At last a book that comprehensively reveals the true facts about sustainable energy in a form that is both highly readable and entertaining. – Robert Sansom (EDF Energy)
MacKay brings a welcome dose of common sense into the discussion of energy sources and use. Fresh air replacing hot air. – Prof Mike Ashby Royal Society Research Professor at Cambridge University
This year’s must-read book about tackling our future energy needs. * The Guardian *
… may be the best technical book about the environment that I’ve ever read. This is to energy and climate what Freakonomics is to economics. – Cory Doctorow * Boing Boing *
The book is a tour de force … As a work of popular science it is exemplary … For anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the real problems involved [it] is the place to start. * The Economist *
The first factual meme on renewable energy? A book about climate change that gets rave reviews from folk at oil companies, environmental groups and the Number One Blog of All Time has to be worth a peek. – energysource blog * The Financial Times *
David JC MacKay
David MacKay was a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and Regius Professor of Engineering at Cambridge University. He is internationally known for his research in machine learning, information theory, and communication systems, including the invention of Dasher, a software interface that enables efficient communication in any language with any muscle. David was previously a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Climate Change and Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, and in the 2016 New Year’s Honours List was awarded a knighthood for services to Scientific Advice in Government and Science Outreach. He passed away in 2016 at the age of 48.
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