InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoWhy don't they get this?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up1757
arrow-up1757imageWhy don't they get this?lemmy.mlInterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square209fedilink
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 days 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-up5·22 days agoI feel like people still haven’t internalized just how much of our fields go to corn for ethanol
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoExactly, and those take resources to grow. Water, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, oil, farm equipment, and so on.
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.