silence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-21 day 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-square25fedilinkarrow-up1252
arrow-up1252external-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-21 day agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 hours 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-up11·20 hours 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-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoThere’s multiple companies working on electric passenger planes, and smaller cargo ships.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Reactor_Experiment Got you covered
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.
There’s multiple companies working on electric passenger planes, and smaller cargo ships.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Reactor_Experiment
Got you covered