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There are solar farms being installed on previously very productive farm land near me. Between the thousands of truckloads of gravel and the steel piles being d
by tengbretson 4y ago
There are solar farms being installed on previously very productive farm land near me. Between the thousands of truckloads of gravel and the steel piles being driven into the ground as far as the eye can see, I doubt the land will productively grow food of any kind for a century or more.
edit: I apologize if this is difficult to hear.
- ceejayoz 4y agoWe've plenty of productive farmland. We don't yet have enough renewable energy.
- tengbretson 4y agoIt costs you, personally, nothing at all to hold that opinion.
- jcampbell1 4y agoWe dedicate 39 million acres to corn ethanol so our gas is 10% ethanol. 15 million acres of panels would supply all of the US energy needs including all current petroleum energy. 1 acre of corn produces 11 million kcal. 1 acre of solar panels produces 300 million kcal.