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What David MacKay thinks about climate change

@david-mackay · 27 positions · 0 changes of mind

Physicist. Professor at the University of Cambridge from 1995 to his death in 2016, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2009 to 2014. Wrote Sustainable Energy — without the hot air (2008), which he published free at withouthotair.com.

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3 dated positions, 2008, in their own words. Our reading of what David MacKay has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingClimate change is at its core an energy problem, since burning fossil fuels for energy is the main driver of emissions.

    Their wordsSo to fix climate change, we need to sort out a new way of getting energy. The climate problem is mostly an energy problem.

    ↗Sustainable Energy — without the hot airinference.org.uk 2nd of 27 in this piece

    energy

    Interesting

  3. Our readingReducing emissions from oil and gas matters less than coal, because supplies of both are expected to decline over the next 50 years anyway.

    Their wordsTrying to reduce emissions from oil and gas is of secondary importance because supplies of both oil and gas are expected to decline over the next 50 years.

    ↗Sustainable Energy — without the hot airinference.org.uk 21st of 27 in this piece

    energy

    Interesting

  5. Our readingUsing tree planting to reverse climate change is not workable because it would require country-sized land areas.

    Their wordsIf anyone proposes using trees to undo climate change, they need to realise that country-sized facilities are required. I don’t see how it could ever work.

    ↗Sustainable Energy — without the hot airinference.org.uk 25th of 27 in this piece

    Interesting