Climate Quotes by David J. C. MacKay

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

— David J. C. MacKay

Fridges can be modified to nudge their internal thermostats up and down just a little in response to the main's frequency in such a…

— David J. C. MacKay

In a climate where people don't understand the numbers, newspapers, campaigners, companies, and politicians can get away with murder

— David J. C. MacKay

Solving climate change is a complex topic, but in a single crude brush-stroke, here is the solution: the price of carbon dioxide must be…

— David J. C. MacKay

I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I…

— David J. C. MacKay

If all the ineffective ideas for solving the energy crisis were laid end to end, they would reach to the moon and back

— David J. C. MacKay

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…

— David J. C. MacKay

It sounded like a very loud vacuum cleaner behind us.

— David J. C. MacKay

Fusion power is speculative and experimental. I think it is reckless to assume that the fusion problem will be cracked, but I'm happy to…

— David J. C. MacKay

When the Industrial Revolution started, the amount of carbon sitting underneath Britain in the form of coal was as big as the amount of…

— David J. C. MacKay

The United States consumes power per land-area at a rate three times the average. Even though they are more energy efficient, densely populated industrial…

— David J. C. MacKay

We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear power is not infinitely dangerous.…

— David J. C. MacKay

Most of physics is about energy, and physicists understand inefficiencies. I wanted to write a book about our energy options in a neutral, human-accessible…

— David J. C. MacKay

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

— David J. C. MacKay

The discussion about energy options tends to be an intensely emotional, polarised, mistrustful, and destructive one. Every option is strongly opposed: the public seem…

— David J. C. MacKay