https://lukeharrisplatt.com/tags/sustainability/ Recent content in Sustainability on Luke Harris-Platt Hugo -- 0.147.7 en-gb Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lukeharrisplatt.com/reading/sustainable-energy-without-the-hot-air/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lukeharrisplatt.com/reading/sustainable-energy-without-the-hot-air/ <p><img alt="Book cover" loading="lazy" src="https://lukeharrisplatt.com/images/reading/sustainable-energy-without-the-hot-air-cover.jpg"></p> <h2 id="context">Context</h2> <p>I chose this book to develop a <strong>quantitative understanding of energy systems</strong>, rather than relying on qualitative or oversimplified arguments about sustainability.</p> <p>It is recommended on the Cambridge Engineering reading list and is well known for emphasising numbers, scales, and physical limits.</p> <h2 id="key-ideas-so-far">Key ideas so far</h2> <p>To be explored.</p> <h2 id="connections">Connections</h2> <p>This book is relevant to any field of engineering that interacts with large-scale energy systems, including transport, power generation, and long-term infrastructure planning.</p>