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If you are concerned about solar's use of land then you must be positively apoplectic about using corn for ethanol. That uses more than 40% of US corn productio
by thinkcontext 3y ago
If you are concerned about solar's use of land then you must be positively apoplectic about using corn for ethanol. That uses more than 40% of US corn production, an amount of acreage so vast it's difficult to comprehend.
- pfdietz 3y agoUsing PV with BEVs instead of ethanol in ICEs would be something like 200x more land efficient.
- toomuchtodo 3y ago~40 million acres. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/03/10/solarfood-in-ethanol-fields-could-fully-power-the-united-states/ https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/03/10/solarfood-in-ethanol-...