Author: David J. C. MacKay

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I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I was embarrassed. I didn't actually know.

I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I was embarrassed. I didn't actually know.

- David J. C. MacKay

All renewables, much as I love them, are diffuse. They all have a small power per unit area, and we have to live with that fact.

All renewables, much as I love them, are diffuse. They all have a small power per unit area, and we have to live with that fact.

- David J. C. MacKay

Electric cars are really very cool. Air-source heat pumps are great.

Electric cars are really very cool. Air-source heat pumps are great.

- David J. C. MacKay

The amount of energy saved by switching off the phone charger is exactly the same as the energy used by driving an average car for one second.

The amount of energy saved by switching off the phone charger is exactly the same as the energy used by driving an average car for one second.

- David J. C. MacKay

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