Author: David J. C. MacKay

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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 only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.

The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.

- 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

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

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