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David MacKay - Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Wednesday 27 February 2008, 17:00-18:00
Can we live on renewables?
- đ¤ Speaker: David MacKay - Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge
- đ Date & Time: Wednesday 27 February 2008, 17:00 - 18:00
- đ Venue: LR1, Engineering Department, Inglis Building
Abstract
- How easy is it to get off our fossil fuel habit?
- How does our current energy consumption compare with our sustainable energy options?
- What do the fundamental limits of physics say about sustainable energy?
Assuming no economic constraints, assuming we cover the country with windmills and the coast with wave-machines, every roof with solar panels and every field with energy crops, could Britain get enough power from renewables to continue our current consumption?
David MacKay obtained his PhD in Computation and Neural Systems at the California Institute of Technology. His research interests include reliable computation with unreliable hardware, and communication systems for the disabled. He’s written a textbook on ‘Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms’ (2003, Cambridge). He’s currently writing another free book on `Sustainable Energy – without the hot air.’ (www.withouthotair.com)
Series This talk is part of the ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series) series.
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