Our World On Fire (ourworldonfire.blogspot.com):
… rapid use of the North Sea oil and gas reserves will otherwise soon force fossil-addicted Britain to depend on imports from untrustworthy foreigners. (I hope you can hear my tongue in my cheek.) How can we get off our fossil fuel addiction?Download the book …

Deadline Press & Picture Agency (deadlinescotland.wordpress.com):
… cars and insulating their houses. “We have got to stop saying no to these things.” McKay – who is professor of natural philosophy in the Physics department at Cambridge University – lays out his warnings in his new book,Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air.He adds that people are kidding themselves if they think switching off phone chargers will make a difference. He says: “I think people need to understand the numbers – what worries me about the phone charger recommendation is it might give people the feeling …

Heliophage (heliophage.wordpress.com):
… (via @ jbhathaw ) RT @ kevinmarks remembering Alan Turing, an essay on ‘passing’ Turing test http://bit.ly/S2Gof (pdf) http://bit.ly/2LHQEd UK ‘could face blackouts’ http://bit.ly/14OT5I says David Mackayhttp://www.withouthotair.com/— rather wonderfully now g’ment adviser! Chevron commits to Gorgon, huge #naturalgas project off Australia (with Shell and PetroChina) ft.com http://bit.ly/m4bwc This new ocean: @ revkin blogs news of the north-east passage http://bit.ly/EyHUH …

Sustainable development and much more (www.elrst.com):
… during hotter days. The author provides a lot of data on sustainable nuclear with thorium, fast breeder reactors and uranium from the oceans. I will soon dedicate another post to this special chapter. — The book is available for free onthe official website. You can download it in one document or read it per chapter. The paper version can be bought for around 22€. Published this year it is up to date and explains simply but most effectively – and humor – how we can go for low carbon …

code monk (drj11.wordpress.com):
… you only get power in winter, when it rains. The rest of the load factor gets eaten away by maintenance (oiling, fishing, that sort of thing), high water flow (!) and HSE requests (which I take to mean noise complaints). David MacKay, in his book“Sustainable Energy – without the hot air”has a cute chapter about hydro. He analyses the total energy of the rain falling on our land and concludes that we can only ever produce about 1.5 kWh per person per day from hydro. After that there’s not much to say, and the chapter is correspondingly short. His fi …

Global Warming Clearinghouse (globalwarmingclearinghouse.blogspot.com):
… Blackboard - August Channel 5 Anomaly Global Warming Blog - Nuclear Mass Production Climate Science [Dr Pielke Sr's Site] - My Early View (1980s) On The Role Of Humans In The Climate System Climate Debate Daily (Pro argument) continue » [Book] - Illuminating the Future of Energy Climate Debate Daily (Con argument) - Dr. Syun Akasofu: 20 points of context on global warming, politics, and the economy of the world. AccuWeather - Submarines and the Arctic Sea ice Record Science Daily - …

Maikelnai's blog (www.maikelnai.es):
… Votos) Sin palabras, me has hecho reflexionar. Gran comentario. 14 Jordi 29 Ago 2009 +1 (3 Votos) Recomiendo leer este libro que se puede bajar en PDF para darnos cuenta de la crisis energética que nos espera:http://www.withouthotair.com/Y de alarmismo nada, es un estudio tecnológico sobre los límites teóricos de cada fuente de energía y de los gastos de energía. Hay un hecho indiscutible: el petróleo es una fuente de energía no renovable, de la que quedan pocas déca …

Ruralgrubby's Wind Watch (ruralgrubby.wordpress.com):
… when  businesses like Big Wind  not only desire enormous public financial support, but also when the stakes (i.e. Global Warming) reportedly involve our very survival as a species.  I would suggest the following as required readinghttp://www.withouthotair.com/  Here is Young Tim’s response.  He has obviously been listening to the David Suzuki school of “people are all maggots feasting on mother earth’s flesh and bones”  I’ve imbedded a few comments for comic relief.   H …

Ventnor Blog (ventnorblog.com):
… these two gems: Tim Lang, David Barling, Martin Caraher, ‘Food Policy: integrating health, environment and society’ David J.C. MacKay, ‘Sustainable Energy - without the hot air’ - already featured on VentnorBlog andonline. …

Don't believe the lies, critically analyze! (kurtrudder.blogspot.com):
… for example, Ted Trainer, Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2007); and (with some reservations), David J. C. McKay, Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (Cambridge, UK: UIK Cambridge, 2008), (www.withouthotair.com). 20. Just one example, from a press release April 20, 1998 describing the results of a poll commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History: “The American Museum of Natural History announced today results of a nationwide survey titled …

Futurismic (futurismic.com):
… (depending on local availability) of our energy needs but that still leaves a gap that needs to be plugged with something reliable and non-carbon-dioxide emitting. David JC MacKay has more on nuclear power in his excellent free online textbookSustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air. [ image from christian.senger on flickr ] Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0.00 Charlie Stross on the future of nuclear power Tags: Alternative-Energy • Charles-Stross • …

Rua Direita (ruadireita.blogs.sapo.pt):
… Ainda sobre este tema, foi publicado no final de 2008 um livro chamado "Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air" que vale a pena ser lido. Escrito por um professor de física da Universidade de Cambridge, o livro analisa a independência energética de um ponto de vista original: os limites físicos e técnicos das tecnologias existentes. …

Gardenvisit.com Blog (www.gardenvisit.com):
… scenery? Do they make a useful contribution to sustainable energy policy? No and No. They are more like space invaders - and this example is mere tokenism. I know of one excellent publication on the physics of sustainable energy David MacKay’sSustainable energy without hot air(though his website suggests he lacks expertise in graphic design!). He calculates that ‘If we covered the windiest 10% of the country with windmills (delivering 2 W/m2), we would be able to generate 20 kWh/day per person, which is half of the power used by driving an …

carbon limited (carbonlimited.org):
… Electricity 2800 0 0 0.591 0 2800 2800 0.591 1655 Subtotal HP CO2 714 Subtotal backup CO2 2317 Total kgCO2 3030 Saving 1.6% Electric heating is getting a lot of attention, particularly off the back ofDavid MacKay’s book. But until the grid is significantly decarbonised (a long way off) we shouldn’t be putting any incentives in place for heat pumps. Note that my numbers assume a heat pump is only being used for heating (which is typical of domestic …

Bear Market Investments (www.bearmarketinvestments.com):
… in, for example, Ted Trainer, Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2007); and (with some reservations), David J. C. McKay, Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (Cambridge, UK: UIK Cambridge, 2008), (www.withouthotair.com). 20. Just one example, from a press release April 20, 1998 describing the results of a poll commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History: “The American Museum of Natural History announced today results of a nationwide survey titled …

The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future (theoildrum.com):
… in, for example, Ted Trainer, Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2007); and (with some reservations), David J. C. McKay, Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (Cambridge, UK: UIK Cambridge, 2008), (www.withouthotair.com). 20. Just one example, from a press release April 20, 1998 describing the results of a poll commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History: “The American Museum of Natural History announced today results of a nationwide survey titled …

:ILHAS (ilhas.blogspot.com):
… (sem nada de substantivo para discussão, ao contrário da medida propriamente dita). Por estes dias a leitura é mais diversificada e no contacto imediato com o número estival da revista INTELLIGENT LIFE cheguei ao livro “Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air” de David J.C. MacKay, um físico de Cambridge que nos faz de forma escorreita, e rigorosa, uma abordagem à discussão emergente sobre a alternativa energética consubstanciada através das energias renováveis face …

Journal of a Twentieth Century Woman (20thcenturywoman.blogspot.com):
… for example, Ted Trainer, Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2007); and (with some reservations), David J. C. McKay, Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (Cambridge, UK: UIK Cambridge, 2008), (www.withouthotair.com). 20. Just one example, from a press release April 20, 1998 describing the results of a poll commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History: "The American Museum of Natural History announced today results of a nationwide survey titled …

Junkk Male RE:View (junkk.blogspot.com):
… wind Guardian - A renewed effort on green energy Times - Why going green will still cost the earth - My favourite headline! Not, however, reading the rest. Times - Homes that produce their own energy Without the Hot Air - Summary of anacademic studylinked in a blog I frequent. Pro or con, as always, read, and treat with one eyebrow cocked. Times - How China’s thirst for oil can save the planet - some more alt eng at the end Telegraph - Latest microgeneration technology for houses - some excellent links to …

davidpritchard.org (davidpritchard.org):
… I’ve been busy reading more on transportation and climate change over the last few months. Before I post any more “big” articles, I wanted to take a moment to praise one pair of figures from David MacKay’s great book,Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air. It’s available free online, but I thoroughly recommend buying the elegantly typeset, figure-filled hard copy. MacKay’s great strength lies in communicating numbers: using these simple, visual representations, a single consistent set of …