silence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-29 days agoIt would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by 1 ha of solar panelswww.anthropocenemagazine.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down12
arrow-up1261arrow-down1external-linkIt would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by 1 ha of solar panelswww.anthropocenemagazine.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoBut you can’t pour solar panels into a fuel tank. What liquid biofuels are good for is stuff you can’t electrify, like aviation and shipping.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 days agoSure, but the context is that the US dedicates almost half its corn crop to ethanol that’s blended with gasoline. Vehicle electrification + solar panels will free up a huge amount of agricultural land.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Reactor_Experiment Got you covered
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoThere’s multiple companies working on electric passenger planes, and smaller cargo ships.
But you can’t pour solar panels into a fuel tank. What liquid biofuels are good for is stuff you can’t electrify, like aviation and shipping.
Sure, but the context is that the US dedicates almost half its corn crop to ethanol that’s blended with gasoline. Vehicle electrification + solar panels will free up a huge amount of agricultural land.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Reactor_Experiment
Got you covered
There’s multiple companies working on electric passenger planes, and smaller cargo ships.