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Without hot air is pretty badly dated. I kind of wish people would stop referring to it. The author died before the economics of wind (and more recently, batte
by pydry 5y ago
Without hot air is pretty badly dated. I kind of wish people would stop referring to it.
The author died before the economics of wind (and more recently, batteries) started making sense. In the book he persisted in sarcastically calling them "windmills".
- samwillis 5y agoTrue, although still worth reading albeit with that in mind. There is a project to get it updated (was on HN last month) https://climate.lifeitself.us/without-hot-air/ https://climate.lifeitself.us/without-hot-air/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29056343 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29056343
- heurisko 5y agoThere are some parts of the book that are perennial, namely discussion of the UK's geography, which is relevant to energy storage.
- pydry 5y agoSome parts are perennial but he still uses math that mixes in 15 year old assumptions with unchanging assumptions.
- jtbayly 5y agoAren’t they windmills? I’m not familiar with this being derogatory. It’s all I can think to call them.