Part IV · Useful data
Charts
Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air
About this edition
Preface
Part I · Numbers, not adjectives
1 Motivations
2 The balance sheet
3 Cars
4 Wind
5 Planes
6 Solar
7 Heating and cooling
8 Hydroelectricity
9 Light
10 Offshore wind
11 Gadgets
11a The machines behind the screen
12 Wave
13 Food and farming
14 Tide
15 Stuff
16 Geothermal
17 Public services
18 Can we live on renewables?
Part II · Making a difference
19 Every BIG helps
20 Better transport
21 Smarter heating
22 Efficient electricity use
23 Sustainable fossil fuels?
24 Nuclear?
25 Living on other countries’ renewables?
26 Fluctuations and storage
27 Five energy plans for Britain
28 Putting costs in perspective
28a The value of renewable energy as it scales
29 What to do now
30 Energy plans for Europe, America, and the World
31 The last thing we should talk about
32 Saying yes
Part III · Technical chapters
A Cars II
B Wind II
C Planes II
D Solar II
E Heating II
F Waves II
G Tide II
H Stuff II
Part IV · Useful data
I Quick reference
J Populations and areas
K UK energy history
L The world in 2025
M Energy return on investment
N Peak oil, peak gas, peak uranium
O The hydrogen ladder
Charts
Bibliography
The author
Acknowledgments
Table of contents
Power translation chart
Carbon translation chart
Part IV · Useful data
Charts
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O The hydrogen ladder
Bibliography
