pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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-square113fedilinkarrow-up1834arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 hours agoIt was a metaphor, no one is thinking of replacing farmland with solar panels. And this whole thread ignores inclement weather. A few years ago Texas had 35MW of solar panels destroyed in minutes by hail. Hurricanes and tornadoes will do the same thing.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 hours ago It was a metaphor, no one is thinking of replacing farmland with solar panels. Fair point. It’s just the idea of using perfectly good farmland to fuel cars feels like a fucked up priority to me.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoHurricanes and Tornados can, and do, do the same to refineries too.
It was a metaphor, no one is thinking of replacing farmland with solar panels.
And this whole thread ignores inclement weather. A few years ago Texas had 35MW of solar panels destroyed in minutes by hail. Hurricanes and tornadoes will do the same thing.
Fair point. It’s just the idea of using perfectly good farmland to fuel cars feels like a fucked up priority to me.
Hurricanes and Tornados can, and do, do the same to refineries too.