pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL putting solar panels on land currently used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electricourworldindata.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkTIL putting solar panels on land currently used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electricourworldindata.orgpdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoYou couldn’t come up with a less efficient form of solar power if you tried. It’s there to subsidize US farmers.
minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agobrazil produces more biofuel iirc
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat 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.
You couldn’t come up with a less efficient form of solar power if you tried. It’s there to subsidize US farmers.
brazil produces more biofuel iirc
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.