InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhy don't they get this?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square208linkfedilinkarrow-up1755arrow-down1186
arrow-up1569arrow-down1imageWhy don't they get this?lemmy.mlInterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square208linkfedilink
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month agoThis is emotionally resonant but it’s actually sometimes better to cover fields. The right thing is not always intuitive.
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-up5·1 month agoI feel like people still haven’t internalized just how much of our fields go to corn for ethanol
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.