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David MacKay is one of the brighter voices in the energy conversation. Indeed I would suspect that we would need fewer lightbulbs in any room where MacKay could be found. MacKay is now the Chief Scientist for the United Kingdom, a country which sometimes listens to scientists.


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Good also to see he supports expansion of wind!


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