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Science 19 June 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5934, pp. 1517 - 1518
DOI: 10.1126/science.1175434
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Energy:

Can Civilization (at Least the U.K.) Run Sustainably?

Marty Hoffert

Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air by David J. C. MacKay UIT Cambridge, Cambridge, 2009. 384 pp. £45. ISBN 9781906860011. Paper, £19.99. ISBN 9780954452933. (1)

MacKay offers an accessible, quantitative account of the changes that are needed to switch the United Kingdom to sustainable energy sources.

The reviewer is at the Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY 10003–6621, USA.

E-mail: marty.hoffert{at}nyu.edu

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