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Obvious choice (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
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[–] 36 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

Just cover all fields used to grow biofuel crops with solar panels, it's an insane number used for biofuels - like enough to power the whole US twice over if they were all covered in solar.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Its is nearly always a transmission bottlenecks that hinders these. How to get all tbat power out of rural areas.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    What if - now hear me out - we built more power lines?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Yeah absolutely, no one is saying that isnt an option. But when you capture the production as a single build or consideration simply needing the effort you dont account for the costs of infrastructure to hundreds and thousands of sites and quickly you will see that a lot of these sites are not going to produce enough for it to be a viable option.

    There is load of oil in the ground that we dont take out because it isnt a good investment. This is the same.

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