fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 hours agoWhat else can we do with sugar (sucrose)?mander.xyzimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down15
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minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·11 hours agoConservatively, using the land currently used for fuel ethanol production in the USA for solar instead would add more generating capacity than the entire capacity of the USA today. . It’s a terrible use of land, not to mention energy and chemical inputs.
minus-squareZoteTheMighty@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoTo say nothing about water usage, which is probably an unsolvable problem.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 hours agoI’m sure that something can still be grown in the shade of the solar panels, shade houses are a thing after all.
minus-squareKeeponstalin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 hours agoThat’s a very active area of research, there’s a handful of farms on at least the west coast experimenting with utilizing solar in that way. Either to shade certain crops or as shade for livestock, while of course getting the solar energy benefits
Conservatively, using the land currently used for fuel ethanol production in the USA for solar instead would add more generating capacity than the entire capacity of the USA today. . It’s a terrible use of land, not to mention energy and chemical inputs.
To say nothing about water usage, which is probably an unsolvable problem.
I’m sure that something can still be grown in the shade of the solar panels, shade houses are a thing after all.
That’s a very active area of research, there’s a handful of farms on at least the west coast experimenting with utilizing solar in that way. Either to shade certain crops or as shade for livestock, while of course getting the solar energy benefits