InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhy don't they get this?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square199linkfedilinkarrow-up1703arrow-down1175
arrow-up1528arrow-down1imageWhy don't they get this?lemmy.mlInterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square199linkfedilink
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·24 hours agoThis is emotionally resonant but it’s actually sometimes better to cover fields. The right thing is not always intuitive.
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 hours agoYup, like, what is it replacing? If it’s food that goes directly to humans, let’s not do that. If it’s corn for ethanol, that has little worth. Covering it with solar panels isn’t terrible by any means.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 hours agoI feel like people still haven’t internalized just how much of our fields go to corn for ethanol
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·50 minutes agoExactly, and those take resources to grow. Water, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, oil, farm equipment, and so on.
This is emotionally resonant but it’s actually sometimes better to cover fields. The right thing is not always intuitive.
Yup, like, what is it replacing? If it’s food that goes directly to humans, let’s not do that. If it’s corn for ethanol, that has little worth. Covering it with solar panels isn’t terrible by any means.
I feel like people still haven’t internalized just how much of our fields go to corn for ethanol
Exactly, and those take resources to grow. Water, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, oil, farm equipment, and so on.