Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

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Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air David J. C. MacKay, (DavidM) Say Thanks to the Authors Click http://www.ck12.org/saytha ...

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1 Synopsis Contents 1.1 Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air 2 Numbers, Not Adjectives 2.1 Motivations 2.2 The balance sh ...

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http://www.ck12.org Chapter 1. Synopsis There’s no shortage of advice on how to “make a difference,” but the public is confused, ...

1.1. Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air http://www.ck12.org Figure 2:Comparisons of a couple of energy-consuming activitie ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 1. Synopsis phone-charger is like bailing the Titanic with a teaspoon. Do switch it off, but please ...

1.1. Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air http://www.ck12.org TABLE1.2:(continued) Power per unit land or water area Plants ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 1. Synopsis Figure 5:Stirling dish engine. These beautiful concentrators deliver a power per unit la ...

1.1. Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air http://www.ck12.org plan, along with a possible breakdown of fuels (right two colu ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 1. Synopsis Figure 8:Andasol – a “100MW” solar power station under construction in Spain. Excess the ...

1.1. Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air http://www.ck12.org the sea: tide farms. Blue blobs in the sea (Blackpool and the ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 1. Synopsis Figure 12: Good: The Aptera. 6 kWh per 100 km. Photo from http://www.aptera.com. Bad: De ...

1.1. Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air http://www.ck12.org Figure 14: Bad: An Ampair “600W” micro-turbine. The average po ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 1. Synopsis particular energy plan or technology; rather, it tells you how many bricks are in the le ...

http://www.ck12.org CHAPTER 2 Numbers, Not Adjectives Chapter Outline 2.1 Motivations 2.2 THE BALANCE SHEET 2.3 CARS 2.4 WIND 2. ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 2. Numbers, Not Adjectives 2.1 Motivations We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more t ...