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SUMMARY:Energy plans that add up - David MacKay - Professor of Natural Phi
 losophy\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20081029T170000Z
DTEND:20081029T180000Z
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CONTACT:Jon Cullen
DESCRIPTION:In David Mackay's talk last year\, which was one of the highli
 ghts of the series\, he showed that it would be very difficult to provide 
 the UK's current energy needs through renewable sources alone. Inevitably\
 , in the discussion after his talk\, that raised the question "if not rene
 wables\, what should we do?" - and that's the basis for this talk.  How do
  we make a sustainable energy plan that adds up?\n\nDavid MacKay obtained 
 his PhD in Computation and Neural Systems at the California Institute of T
 echnology. His research interests include reliable computation with unreli
 able hardware\, and communication systems for the disabled. He's written a
  textbook on 'Information Theory\, Inference\, and Learning Algorithms' (2
 003\, Cambridge). He's just finished another free book on `Sustainable Ene
 rgy - without the hot air.' (www.withouthotair.com)
LOCATION:LR4\, Engineering Department\, Baker Building
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