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> Also, Iowa is too far north for solar to do much good in the fight against AGW. Absolutely not, Iowa is great for solar, it often provides more income than c
by epistasis 1y ago
> Also, Iowa is too far north for solar to do much good in the fight against AGW.
Absolutely not, Iowa is great for solar, it often provides more income than corn (and corn has massive subsidies), and is certainly better than most of Europe. Iowa really is not very far north
https://globalsolaratlas.info/map?c=44.374588,-77.81811,3 https://globalsolaratlas.info/map?c=44.374588,-77.81811,3
- kragen 1y agoIt's true that the available solar resource is smaller in Iowa than in New Mexico, but the ratio is only about 2:3. https://solargis.com/resources/free-maps-and-gis-data?locality=usa https://solargis.com/resources/free-maps-and-gis-data?locali...