On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 13:11, David C Brown wrote: > I have found the book "Sustainable Energy without the hot air" by the lat= e > David McKay to be the most useful quantitative analysis of the real > potential of of the various forms of energy production. Whilst it is a > little out of date and UK-centric it is worth reading the chapter on sola= r > power > > Extremely well done. *RECOMMENDED* *Free* and *genuinely legitimate* PDF version of whole book here (from author) - 383 pages http://www.inference.org.uk/sustainable/book/tex/sewtha.pdf His energy assumptions can largely stand (or not) on their own merit. However, this was published in 2008 and solar PV panel prices have utterly plummeted since then - so arguments re cost effectiveness will have changed immensely. Also his UK wide "solar farm" is based on a 10% efficiency assumption which was bearable at the time but very wrong now. A figure in the 15% - 20%+ range is more realistic now deep-ending where you measure it. > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .