New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It’s no contest.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one ha of land covered in solar panels.
  • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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    8 hours ago

    It’s bad because it uses tons of space and resources that could be used for other things. It also promotes mono culture and it usually uses fertilizers and pesticides that are not necessarily allowed on other crops, as they won’t be used as feed.
    So, it’s bad for biodiversity, bad for land use, bad for resource use. The upside of being a low carbon fuel is completely offset by the impact it has on nature.