silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years 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-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up1140
arrow-up1140external-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 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squaredrosophila ( drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoI’m surprised that the difference is apparently that low considering the efficiency of photosynthesis vs the photovoltaic effect, the fact that not all of the plant gets turned into ethanol, and the efficiency of the combustion process.
I’m surprised that the difference is apparently that low considering the efficiency of photosynthesis vs the photovoltaic effect, the fact that not all of the plant gets turned into ethanol, and the efficiency of the combustion process.
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