Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air
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by David J.C. MacKay •
Available for a free download online. This is a great resource to help clear up the information signal on energy.
Everyone says getting off fossil fuels is important, and we’re all encouraged to “make a difference,” but many of the things that allegedly make a difference don’t add up. …People get emotional (for example about wind farms or nuclear power) and no-one talks about numbers. Or if they do mention numbers, they select them to sound big, to make an impression, and to score points in arguments, rather than to aid thoughtful discussion.” (MacKay, 2009)
We’re using this as a resource as we develop the “Energy League and Brackets Campaign.”
See also Next Big Future’s Deaths per TWH by energy source.
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I love how he describes fusion: “Fusion Power is speculative and experimental. I think it is reckless to assume that the fusion problem will be cracked, but I’m happy to estimate how much power fusion could deliver, if the problem is cracked.”
But he only looks at DT and DD fusion. We’ll need to get pB11 into the next edition
FYI, his conclusion is that, if cracked, Deterium based fusion offers plentiful sustainable energy for millions of years. The info graphic is great for perspective on just how much energy in comparison to all other sources! And that’s just DD. How do we calculate pB11 for this info graphic?
The small image on the left is from the info graphic that answers the question: Can we live on Renewables?
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