Related:

Sustainable Energy – without the hot air (2008) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33957424 - Dec 2022 (2 comments)

Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air (Revised, Community Edition) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29056343 - Oct 2021 (133 comments)

Keeping David MacKay's 'Sustainable Energy – without the hot air' up-to-date - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14009057 - March 2017 (39 comments)

"Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air" by David JC MacKay - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=845446 - Sept 2009 (31 comments)

See also:

Can solar and wind power Britain? An update of David MacKay's numbers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38151453 - Nov 2023 (299 comments)

Sir David MacKay obituary (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35670145 - April 2023 (1 comment)

David MacKay, FRS died today, his diary is remarkable - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11500614 - April 2016 (1 comment)