I'm becoming more convinced that solar panels will begin to push out farmland. One reason this could happen is it's possible to use solar power to create food. A company in Finland, Solar Foods, uses a bacteria to produce a protein from CO2 scrubbed from the air and from hydrogen which is hydrolyzed from water. The power for this activity is from solar panels. From what I've read so far, they will be able to produce more food per area with solar panels than would be possible with traditional agriculture.
https://solarfoods.com/solar-foods-confirms-successful-100-fold-industrial-scaling-of-soleins-production-technology/
This may or may not be a good thing. Perhaps solar panel fields with grazing animals would be better than monocultures of wheat or corn. But it would be a huge transition, so it could be good to prepare for.
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