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[–] GiorgioBoymoder@hexbear.net 29 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

EDIT: From the article:

According to analysis by the Carbon Tracker Initiative, “the land required for solar panels alone to provide all global energy is … less than the current land footprint of fossil fuel infrastructure”.

~~I don't love the effect of solar (panel) farms on local ecology, since they take up so much space. But anything is better than fossil fuels since they give off the gas that kills everything.~~

bloomer

photovoltaics are nice but Solar thermal farms and solar updraft towers really tickle my brain.

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 25 points 17 hours ago

Every human activity has an impact and solar has got to be among the best things we have in that regard

[–] mactan@lemmy.ml 21 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

just replace pasture with solar ez win. far less destructive than cattle

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 13 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Hell you don't even have to pick and choose. You can do both in the same stretch of land. Solar is well positioned to make good use of land even before animal agriculture dies off.

[–] BigLenin@hexbear.net 17 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean one big benefit of solar panels is you can put them on top of existing infrastructure.

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 10 points 16 hours ago

That’s what kills me about these huge expanses of surface parking lots in FL. Some much solar potential