Free online access to the book “Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air”, written by David JC MacKay. Its chapters are available on the website, or you can download the whole book as a PDF file. It addresses the energy crisis objectively and provides numbers and facts in bite-sized chunks, as well as having a case study format.
Free online access to the book "Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air", written by David JC MacKay. Its chapters are available on the website, or you can download the whole book as a PDF file.
"This year's must-read book about tackling our future energy needs." – The Guardian
This book addresses the energy crisis objectively and provides numbers and facts in bite-sized chunks, as well as having a case study format. It covers a range of subjects, such as vehicles and travel, wind and solar power, heating and cooling, the nuclear question, and the concept of sustainable fossil fuels.
The author, David JC MacKay, was a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge and served as Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Climate Change in 2009-2014.
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