{"id":850,"date":"2009-06-16T11:37:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T11:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=850"},"modified":"2009-06-16T11:37:29","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T11:37:29","slug":"sustainable-energy-without-the-hot-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/sustainable-energy-without-the-hot-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Energy – Without The Hot Air"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read the book, or chapters, or synopsis, here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This remarkable book sets out, with enormous clarity and objectivity, the various alternative low-carbon pathways that are open to us. <\/a><\/em><\/td>\nSir David King FRS<\/a>
\n Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, 2000-08<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
For anyone with influence on energy policy, whether in government, business or a campaign group, this book should be compulsory reading.<\/a><\/em><\/td>\nTony Juniper<\/a>
\nFormer Executive Director, Friends of the Earth<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"Sustainable<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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At last a book that comprehensively reveals the true facts about sustainable energy in a form that is both highly readable and entertaining. <\/a><\/em><\/td>\n Robert Sansom<\/a>
\nEDF Energy<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
… a really valuable contribution … The author uses a potent mixture of arithmetic and common sense to dispel some myths and slay some sacred cows. <\/a><\/em><\/td>\n Lord Oxburgh KBE FRS<\/a>
\n Former Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Engagingly written, packed with useful information, and refreshingly factual. <\/a><\/em><\/td>\n Peter Ainsworth MP<\/a>
\nShadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Everyone who cares about the survival of humanity should read this book. … I’ve been reading books about energy and climate change for the last 20 years, and this is the best yet. <\/a><\/em><\/td>\n Stephen Tindale<\/a>
\n Co-founder, Climate Answers<\/a>
\nand former Executive Director of Greenpeace UK. <\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
It is a fabulous, witty, no-nonsense, valuable piece of work, and I am busy sending it to everyone I know. <\/a><\/em><\/td>\n Matthew Sullivan<\/a>
\n Carbon Advice Group Plc<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read the book, or chapters, or synopsis, here. This remarkable book sets out, with enormous clarity and objectivity, the various alternative low-carbon pathways that are open to us. Sir David King FRS Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, 2000-08 For anyone with influence on energy policy, whether in government, business or a campaign group, …
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