silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 29 days agoSolar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point | Solar now requires no more upfront capital than coal or gas to produce the same annual electricityoilprice.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1239
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minus-squareSour_Kabos ( Sour_Kabos@reddthat.com ) Bannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·29 days agoWhat about the absurd amount of land it takes?
minus-squarelivligkinkajou ( livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-228 days agoPutting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric: How much energy can be produced on global land used for liquid biofuels: 32000 TWh for PV vs 1400 TWh biofuels for transport: Remember that you can still use the land for a more useful agricultural crop with higher¹ or similar² yield³ with agrivoltaics You can also put panels over parking lots. USA alone has more parking lot land area than some countries:
minus-squareikidd ( ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoBiofuels: the least efficient form of solar power one could possibly invent.
What about the absurd amount of land it takes?
Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric:
How much energy can be produced on global land used for liquid biofuels: 32000 TWh for PV vs 1400 TWh biofuels for transport:
Remember that you can still use the land for a more useful agricultural crop with higher¹ or similar² yield³ with agrivoltaics
You can also put panels over parking lots. USA alone has more parking lot land area than some countries:
Biofuels: the least efficient form of solar power one could possibly invent.