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Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air with David MacKay

Harvard University · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

David MacKay, scientific advisor to the UK energy department, gives a Harvard talk on sustainable energy at macro and micro scale, drawn from his book Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air. It stresses the land area renewables require.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an approachable, numbers-driven overview of what renewable energy would take.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “I very much recommend David Mackay's Without the Hot Air, a great talk he did at Harvard”

    MacKay's Harvard talk on land area required for renewable energy

    IkmoIkmo, 2015-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Tesla Energy”

  2. “The author also gave a talk a few years ago that is very approachable[2].”

    Approachable talk by the author of Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air

    yan, 2016-09 · Recommendation · in “Atmospheric carbon dioxide passes 400ppm”

  3. “If you haven't read Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air , by David Mackay, I recommend it.”

    MacKay's Harvard talk on sustainable energy

    spodek, 2017-03 · Recommendation · in “Eigg – A small Scottish isle that runs on 90-95% renewable energy”

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Topics: david mackay, renewable energy, energy numbers, land area, climate

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