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  <title><![CDATA[Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;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&#160;scale&#8212;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.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[David J.C. MacKay]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Note: if you want to read this book for free, there are now excellent HTML and PDF versions at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.withouthotair.com/">http://www.withouthotair.com/</a> The print version is very well produced, however, and I didn't at all regret the £20 I paid for it.<br/><br/>___________________________________________________________<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41710417">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thoughts-in-progress.<br/><br/>Look at this:<br/><br/><blockquote>Campaigners also mislead. People who want to promote renewables over nuclear, for example, say “offshore wind power could power all UK homes;” then they say “new nuclear power stations will do little to tackle climate change” because ...</blockquote><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76282982">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent contribution to the important practical debate about how to generate energy sustainably. Refreshingly free of ideology, the author's concern is that any sustainable energy plan be physically respectable. Unfortunately current policy options from pretty much every political party and NGO...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56590150">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you ever wanted to know what it would actually look like for us to obtain all of our energy sustainably, this is a must read.  It is a little dry, and in the appendix, even gets into some hard core physics calculations, but it is very well researched and it is free on the author's website.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[4.5/5<br/><br/>Fantastic book. MacKay does a good job keeping the book at an appropriate level; enough details to give us a good summary, but not so in-depth as to make it confusing. The production values are amazing, with great design in general, from the graphs to the layout. Really loved the de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75671101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Back-of-the-envelope calculations on how possible it would be to actually live on renewables. Objective and transparent, and a free download at the author's site. Possibly going to a five-star rating when I get a little further.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good breakdown of all of the options we have to meet our energy needs for the next 1000 years. Important stuff.<br/><br/>Available online for free at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.withouthotair.com">www.withouthotair.com</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Available free from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.withouthotair.com/">http://www.withouthotair.com/</a><br/>Hey, my first free book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Free book available for download at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.withouthotair.com/">http://www.withouthotair.com/</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent exploration of the sobering limits of sustainable energy. The author successfully imparts meaning to raw numbers as he attempts to estimate how much energy it is physically possible to generate from available renewable sources.]]></body>
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