SEWTHA2.0

to those who will not have the benefit of two billion years' accumulated energy reserves

This is a Wikibook updated version of Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

Preface

Part I : Numbers, not adjectives

• 1 Motivations
• 2 The balance sheet
• 3 Cars
• 4 Wind
• 5 Planes
• 6 Solar
• 7 Heating and cooling
• 8 Hydroelectricity
• 9 Light
• 10 Offshore wind
• 11 Gadgets
• 12 Wave
• 13 Food and farming
• 14 Tide
• 15 Stuff
• 16 Geothermal
• 17 Public services
• 18 Can we live on renewables?

Part II : Making a difference

• 19 Every BIG helps
• 20 Better transport
• 21 Smarter heating
• 22 Efficient electricity use
• 23 Sustainable fossil fuels?
• 24 Nuclear?
• 25 Living on other countries' renewables?
• 26 Fluctuations and storage
• 27 Five energy plans for Britain
• 28 Putting costs in perspective
• 29 What to do now
• 30 Energy plans for Europe, America, and the World
• 31 The last thing we should talk about
• 32 Saying yes

Part III : Technical chapters

• A Cars II
• B Wind II
• C Planes II
• D Solar II
• E Heating II
• F Waves II
• G Tide II
• H Stuff II

Part IV : Useful data

• I Quick reference
• J Populations and areas
• K UK energy history