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Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

A popular book by David J.C. MacKay

Professor of Natural Philosophy
Department of Physics
University of Cambridge

To be published on paper, and for free on the internet, in 2008

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A rough draft is currently available: all in one 7M pdf file | or in four parts

For printing on a black'n'white printer there is a special monochrome version (pdf) (25M)

I've also written a 4-page executive summary - (postscript, 4 pages) | (pdf)

If the above links don't work, there is an older draft here: 8M pdf file (last updated Thu 3 July 08)

You may also enjoy reading The Truth About Phone Chargers
and other thoughts in the Sustainable Energy - without the hot air Blog.

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Slides from my talks on Sustainable Energy

People often ask for my slides. You're welcome to look at these; but please treat the book as the definitive version of my message.
4/08
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air (Edinburgh edition) [html slides]
Thu 20/3/08
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air (Boston edition) [html slides] | pdf file
Wed 19/3/08
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air (short 2008 version) [html slides] | pdf file
There's also a podcast from a one-hour talk I gave for Cambridge Science Festival, 12 March 2008. The closest slides to this talk are here [html].

Resources relating to the book

Here are links to all the URLs cited in the book

For enthusiasts: One hundred pages of further notes on topics cut from the book while finishing it - including carbon, climate change, and strategies used for misleading people.