A reality check on renewables

Name: A reality check on renewables
Uploaded: 2012-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 18 min
Description: How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country's worth. In this pragmatic talk, David MacKay tours the basic mathematics that show worrying limitations on our sustainable energy options ... and explains why we should pursue them anyway.

TEDxWarwick 2012Mar 201218 min588559 views

Speaker

David MacKayProfessor of Sustainable Energy | Renewable Energy Systems & Climate Change

About this talk

How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country's worth. In this pragmatic talk, David MacKay tours the basic mathematics that show worrying limitations on our sustainable energy options ... and explains why we should pursue them anyway.