Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
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The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?

Besides we can still use that same land for crops with agrivoltaics

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    You couldn’t come up with a less efficient form of solar power if you tried. It’s there to subsidize US farmers.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        That may be. But as a percentage of farm income, the prices that corn (and soybeans to an extent) demands is driven by biofuel mandates within the US. If the only market was food and export, those prices would be substantially lower.