Gregory's Server@mackayim2022 You could make the argument that you should include land used to grow corn for ethanol production in the US in the fossil fuel footprint ... but that almost makes things too easy.
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 @pieist @mackayim2022 100% agree but in the absence of sane land use regulation ... 10+ acre solar arrays are going up all over in Minnesota, and from a wildlife point of view 10 acres with a fence around it and racks of panels, with mowing a couple times a year is way more habitat than 10 acres of corn monoculture sprayed down with Monsanto's finest. Sometimes farmland actually benefits from solar panels. In sunny and dry areas, providing shade can improve crop yields and/or reduce the need for watering. |
@acsawdey @mackayim2022
Well yes, but good farmland wouldn't be my first choice. Arguaably better to let it go fallow and reforest as a carbon sink and put your solar panels on our copious deserts and badlands.