| | |  | Renewable Energy | Home » » Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air | | | | | | | Description: | | Addressing the sustainable energy crisis in an objective manner, this enlightening book analyzes the relevant numbers and organizes a plan for change on both a personal level and an international scale—for Europe, the United States, and the world. In case study format, this informative reference answers questions surrounding nuclear energy, the potential of sustainable fossil fuels, and the possibilities of sharing renewable power with foreign countries. While underlining the difficulty of minimizing consumption, the tone remains positive as it debunks misinformation and clearly explains the calculations of expenditure per person to encourage people to make individual changes that will benefit the world at large. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780954452933
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| David JC MacKay | | Paperback:
| 384 pages | | Publisher:
| UIT Cambridge Ltd. | | Publication Date:
| February 20, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0954452933 | | Package Length:
| 8.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 32 reviews |
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Maybe the best non-fiction book I have ever readJul 28, 2010
It's such a good book. Almost every other book about renewable energy provides you with speculations. This book is about facts and numbers, but it's not boring or tiring. Reading it was not only informative, but also a great pleasure because it's extremely well written.
 Approachable and Systematic Primer on Sustainable EnergyJul 27, 2010
This book was amazingly well written, and frankly, it scared the hell out of me. In clear concise language the author describes many alternative energy sources without the flimsy "if everyone unplugged their cell phone chargers we could power X houses" foolishness. He used physics and graphs. To show the land costs of some of the energy projects he used *gasp* maps.
Our civilization needs to make hard decisions about our energy future. This book is an essential resource for citizens. It truly gives you the facts about energy sources without the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt that many activists and lobbyists rely on. I know that I'm going to send a copy to all my representatives and tell them to get moving on helping the US become energy independent (a cause I didn't care that much about until reading this book).
And, finally, this is a free book. If you own a Kindle DX, go download the PDF in high definition from the author's website. The print is a little small, but it was worth saving the $30.
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 Warning! This is an Excellent Yet Freely Available BookApr 21, 2010
Regarding the content of the book, it is a well thought out expose of the possibilities and limits of sustainable energy and I highly recommend it. However in the preface, the author states, "This is a free book. I didn't write this book to make money. I wrote it because sustainable energy is important. If you would like to have the book for free for your own use, please help yourself: It's online at withouthotair com."
Naturally, I wasn't very happy about paying $30+ for the Kindle version.
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Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot AirMar 25, 2010
David has made this book very readable for both academically minded people and industry practitioners. I have used his book in parts of my lectures (appropriately acknowledged of course!) for the subject I teach "Decision Making and Reporting for Sustainability". I have found the range of topics comprehensive, I will attempt to eat less red meat and make sure to buy a car in the future which has an overall lower level of CO2 emissions over the entire lifecycle.
Many thanks David from Dr Lucas Skoufa
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FinallyMar 06, 2010
It has been a long awaited asset to have a book that is both scientifically sound and informative about the imminent energy disaster.
If only the managers and politicians of our world would spend the time with this book that would enable them to take a passing exam on the subject we would still have some chances to leave a livable world to our children and grand-children.
I cannot think of a better textbook for these potentially competent lay-people who presently so shamelessly exchange unfounded and misleading sales-arguments about the subject, there where the need to disseminate reality about it is so overwhelmingly urgent.
David JC. MacKay has achieved a monumental help; the outstandingly best I have run into.
Rudolf S. Le Poole
Astronomer, Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands
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