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arrow-up1249arrow-down1imageObvious choice rulelemmy.dbzer0.comViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-212 days agoI mean, that is not a field, that is a lawn. Solar panels covering grassland does much less ecosystem damage than any fossil fuel generation, or constructing parking lots or lawns for that matter. We shouldn’t gatekeep solar panels, just fucking install them!
minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoTechnology Connections did a whole video on it. In the US you could use the space currently farming biofuels and it would generate 10x the energy.
I mean, that is not a field, that is a lawn.
Solar panels covering grassland does much less ecosystem damage than any fossil fuel generation, or constructing parking lots or lawns for that matter.
We shouldn’t gatekeep solar panels, just fucking install them!
Technology Connections did a whole video on it. In the US you could use the space currently farming biofuels and it would generate 10x the energy.