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Ask ChatGPT what would happen if all ethanol corn farmland were replace by solar panels. Then ask about agrosolar
by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Ask ChatGPT what would happen if all ethanol corn farmland were replace by solar panels. Then ask about agrosolar
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoInstead, why don't you tell us what your point actually is?
- pfdietz 1y agoHis point is probably we'd save 99.5% of the land that is going to make bioethanol.
- dr_dshiv 1y agoOver 1.6% of the contiguous USA is dedicated to corn ethanol. If that land were replaced by solar, at 20% capacity, it could produce 10.8 PWh of electricity. That’s two and a half times the total amount of electricity that the US currently produces per year. Biofuels produce the equivalent of ~ 0.4 PWh. 1.5% of land area dedicated to solar can produce enough to meet all global energy needs (not just electricity), according to this article. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01754-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01754-4
- toomuchtodo 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43817787 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43817787