@matthewtoad43 @CelloMomOnCars @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees wow. Outstanding- and PV can be dual use for the land

@glasspusher @[email protected] @CelloMomOnCars @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees

Quite. And you can keep sheep or grow shade loving crops underneath.

I thought most vehicle ethanol came from sweetcorn. Grown with huge amounts of water and fossil fuel derived nitrate fertiliser, and then processed with more water and fossil fuel energy. I suspect 10% ethanol in petrol uses more fossil fuel than the 10% replaced.

It's a subsidy for the Agri, AgriChem sector.

@jbond @matthewtoad43 @CelloMomOnCars @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees I could have sworn that I read an article in the last month or so that talked about crop gains using corn of all things, under dual land use with PV, I think the study was done in Africa but I cannot locate it now. Ring a bell?

@glasspusher @[email protected] @CelloMomOnCars @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees

Yes, Same here. Remember the article. Can't place it.

@jbond @matthewtoad43 @CelloMomOnCars @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees whoa, so there can be only one explanation- mass hallucination!

Seriously, wonder if it was published and later pulled? Couldn’t be backed up? Snuffed by Big Ag?

Farming and solar panels can work together – here's the proof

These farmers are producing food and clean energy from the very same fields.

Greenpeace UK
@jbond @matthewtoad43 @CelloMomOnCars @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees well done! I looked around on DuckDuckGo a few days ago and came up empty. Thanks!

@glasspusher @jbond @[email protected] @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees

This from The Conversation can be a start for your further search:

"Studies from all over the world have shown #crop #yields increase when the crops are partially shaded with #solar panels. These yield increases are possible because of the #microclimate created underneath the solar panels that conserves #water and protects plants from excess sun, wind, hail and soil erosion."

https://theconversation.com/how-shading-crops-with-solar-panels-can-improve-farming-lower-food-costs-and-reduce-emissions-202094

How shading crops with solar panels can improve farming, lower food costs and reduce emissions

Canada can meet its carbon emission reduction targets, make food cheap again and open up a gigantic trade surplus with the U.S. by shading farm crops with solar panels.

The Conversation
@CelloMomOnCars @glasspusher @jbond @matthewtoad43 @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees πŸ€” This can’t be right- too good to be true! 😏

@CelloMomOnCars @glasspusher @jbond @[email protected] @failedLyndonLaRouchite @hanscees

IMO, combining the German invention of #agrivoltaics with the ancient and proven #Andean agricultural, water-management, and flood-control system of #WaruWaru could solve food, water, land, and green energy challenges in all parts of the globe where there still will be sufficient annual #precipitation.

Here is how:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109972629386382918