| Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air |  | Author: David J.C. MacKay
Publisher: UIT
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Pages: 384
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ISBN: 0954452933
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Publication Date: December 1, 2008
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great book for those concerned on a realist's sustainable future July 19, 2010
greyfox
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book which looks at the nitty gritty detail of 'green' energy and possible ways to make it work. Scarily
I would call it good bedtime reading also.
This may inflate your mind July 19, 2010
Michael Hunter (Edinburgh, Scotland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If, like me, you would prefer to think about sustainable energy in numerical terms, rather than emotionally, this is for you. Superb book!
If mathematics frightens you, don't worry too much. It's all in appendices which you can ignore.
Plenty of Fresh Air July 7, 2010
G. Hagon
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wonderfully well written, informed and an easy read for those of us lost by scientific jargon. This book should be at the bedside of anyone interested in the future of our planet - and that should be everyone. Tell everyone you know about this book in the hope that everyone you know will tell everyone they know. Buy it.......please.
Get the facts on Sustainability June 16, 2010
Hydro (Devon, UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best book I've come across regarding the facts concerning sustainability. It clearly delineates the nonsense peddled by some mathematical illiterates in the green movement from the practical realities of energy supply and consumption. However, because it requires a knowledge of maths up to about GCSE level it is unlikely to be on any best sellers list. This is, I feel think, very sad. Books like this are needed more than ever when all sorts of charlatans are trying to extract cash from the tax payer to subsidize inappropriate, at best, and in some cases totally crackpot renewable energy schemes.
 Flawed Logic May 26, 2010
A. Francis (UK)
1 out of 16 found this review helpful
A quick read of the 'Motivations' chapter is illuminating. The author cites 3 reasons for concern about energy supplies:
1) Fossil fuels are running out.
This claim is unsupported - other than by a graph of declining North Sea Oil production which makes up an insignificant portion of total global production. No mention is made of recent developments in Shale gas extraction technologies and their impact on supply. Nor of improvements in our capability to extract fuels from previously inaccessible deposits. He also fails to note it's in the interest of fuel producers to create the impression that supplies are limited - in order to force up prices. Hence the 'Peak Oil' canard which has been promoted since the 1970's but which never seems to arrive.
2) Security of supply.
He suggests that fossil fuels are bad because they come from unstable parts of the world. Again this claim is unsupported by evidence (eg. the US gets most of its oil from Canada - hardly an unstable source). Furthermore the markets punish unreliable suppliers by taking their business elsewhere - which is a pretty big incentive for suppliers to ensure they provide a good service. eg. The UK now has facilities for the import of LNG from suppliers all over the world. We are in no way dependent on Russian gas supplies.
3) Climate change.
He accepts the proposition that man-made CO2 emissions are entirely responsible for global climate change without question or explanation. He just accepts it as a fact. Furthermore he accepts that any changes caused are automatically bad for humanity - again without question or evidence. He makes no attempts to answer questions like what caused the Roman and Medieval warm periods? Are recent changes within natural variation ranges due to multi-decadal ocean and solar cycles? To what extent is the modern temperature record contaminated by warm bias due to urban heat islands and unjustified adjustments & manipulation. To what extent has climate science been corrupted by idelogically motivated activists? To what extent have results been exaggerated by researchers seeking grants from businesses and governments eager to promote global warming 'solutions'. What about the controversy surrounding the reliability of proxy temperature reconstructions and the scientific malpractice and fraud exposed by the ClimateGate and GlacierGate scandals?
If the rest of the book suffers from the same flawed logic and flimsy evidence, why bother reading further? All in all, not very convincing.
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