pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoTIL putting solar panels on land currently used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electricourworldindata.orgexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1626arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
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minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agobrazil produces more biofuel iirc
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days 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.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoThey’ve also cut down a lot of rain forests to do it.
minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agono, the rainforests cut go majority to cattle ranching
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoBoth statements can be true.
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.
meaning what
They’ve also cut down a lot of rain forests to do it.
no, the rainforests cut go majority to cattle ranching
Both statements can be true.