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We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear power is not infinitely dangerous. It's just dangerous, much as coal mines, petrol repositories, fossil-fuel burning and wind turbines are dangerous.

~David J. C. Mackay

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When the Industrial Revolution started, the amount of carbon sitting underneath Britain in the form of coal was as big as the amount of carbon sitting under Saudi Arabia in the form of oil, and this carbon powered the Industrial Revolution, it put the 'Great' in Great Britain, and led to Britain's temporary world domination.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: Amount Arabia Big Britain Carbon Coal Domination Form Great Great Britain Industrial Industrial Revolution Led Oil Powered Put Revolution Saudi Saudi Arabia Sitting Started Temporary Underneath World World Domination

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Electric cars are really very cool. Air-source heat pumps are great.

~David J. C. Mackay

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The amount of energy saved by switching off the phone charger is exactly the same as the energy used by driving an average car for one second.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: Amount Average Car Driving Energy Exactly Exactly The Same Off Phone Same Saved Second Switching Used

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The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: Apart Deserts Nuclear Only Other People Power Really Scales Solar The Only Thing Thing Up

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The discussion about energy options tends to be an intensely emotional, polarised, mistrustful, and destructive one. Every option is strongly opposed: the public seem to be anti-wind, anti-coal, anti-waste-to-energy, anti-tidal-barrages, anti-carbon-tax, and anti-nuclear.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: About Destructive Discussion Emotional Energy Every Intensely Opposed Option Options Public Seem Strongly Tends

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We can't be anti-everything - we need an energy plan that adds up. But there's a lack of numeracy in the public discussion of energy. Where people do use numbers, they select them to sound big and score points in arguments, rather than to aid thoughtful discussion.

~David J. C. Mackay

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I would like to help people have honest and constructive conversations about energy. We need to understand how much energy our modern lifestyles use, decide how much energy we would like to use in the future, and choose where we will get that energy from.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: About Choose Constructive Conversations Decide Energy Future Get Help Help People Honest How How Much Lifestyles Like Modern Much Need Our People Understand Use Where Will Would

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All renewables, much as I love them, are diffuse. They all have a small power per unit area, and we have to live with that fact.

~David J. C. Mackay

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I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I was embarrassed. I didn't actually know.

~David J. C. Mackay

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: April 22nd, 1967

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