David MacKay FRS

Author of Sustainable Energy - without the hot air. Regius Professor of Engineering. Former Chief Scientific Advisor, DECC.

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

I'm fundraising for @ArthurRankHouse on @JustGiving. Please #sponsorme & RT https://t.co/eLe45OUyQk

[Kevin Leahy @KevinSLeahy]

Everyone should give copy of "Sustainable Energy-without the hot air" to favorite uninformed enthusiast to honor DM. https://t.co/JflAstgMgx

[Laurence Winton @LaurenceWinton]

We need all forms of low-carbon energy. Let's dispel the myths about nuclear power https://t.co/ORiRgRETTW

[Kerstin Göpfrich @KGoepfrich]

2of3: This book and https://t.co/NQEyAX7zqu are eye-opening - a new perspective on global challenges. Share them!

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

@legit_broly thanks for offer!
I'm having very very few visitors at the moment

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

@joabbess you can figure that out. Please start with my hospital!

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

@joabbess not as far as I'm aware

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

.@JPvanYpersele thanks, I'm still perky!
My "last blog post" may turn out like Douglas Adams's "increasingly inaccurately named trilogy"

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

@bayvel_p @NordicNoirTV @Wind___Energy I bet Denmark didn't turn down their coal power stations much during this event!

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

.@karenstreet Yes, build a bit of wind in today's ff context & it reduces emissions. But if you want ZERO emissions system at best cost...

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

.@arthurhcyip Yes. But that sounds suboptimal in cost, compared with building the low carbon system that works December + all year. Erpuk!

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

.@DickWinchester @carbontaxcenter no, even better also have a green tax shift, where taxes are decreased on good things such as employment

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

@DickWinchester @carbontaxcenter you are right that other policies crucial too, esp innovation support. Global Ctax also essential though.

[Carbon Tax Center @carbontaxcenter]

Want to cut CO2? "The most cost-effective way to do it is carbon pricing. Period," says @EcofiscalCanada's @ctsragan https://t.co/7FyjJpr6my

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Have countries really decoupled GDP & CO2 or have they just offshored industry? Some data:
https://t.co/Ij7jgDiHwb

[Philip Sargent @philipsargent]

@_richardblack @MSR_Future @karenstreet @davidjcmackay @arthurhcyip ERPUK report "Managing Flexibility..." online https://t.co/pjoWHE3TsK

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

.@arthurhcyip @karenstreet see erpuk report on whole system cost. Optimal amount of intermittent wind is small even if their lcoe "cheap".

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

.@arthurhcyip @karenstreet @legit_broly I disagree. Good to plan ahead and build cost optimal mix. Don't rush into cheap intermittents

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

.@karenstreet @arthurhcyip read SEWTHA chapter about fluctuations and storage etc?

[David MacKay FRS @davidjcmackay]

.@GJSchaeffer @REScoopEU great, please send link 2data. Yes my RSsolar.pdf paper shows variation w location. 10W/m2 is typical in sunny locs