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

  • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Any idea how much it would cost?

    Big part of the cost could probably be planned over like 20 years too.

    • criticon@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      At least I’m the US, those crops are heavily subsidized so they could subsidize solar instead…

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Solar and wind are the cheapest sources of energy today.

      Flat-area solar is much cheaper than rooftop solar (source 1, source 2)

      “PV utility scale” and “PV frei” means flat-area solar; “PV klein” and “PV groß” means rooftop solar (small/large).