pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL putting solar panels on land currently used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electricourworldindata.orgexternal-linkmessage-square115linkfedilinkarrow-up1859arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareResonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think people forget that if we build enough solar, we’ll have such an energy surplus that it’ll be essentially free to electrify stuff and use that energy. Losses from transformation and transmission go away as soon as the resource is unlimited.
I think people forget that if we build enough solar, we’ll have such an energy surplus that it’ll be essentially free to electrify stuff and use that energy.
Losses from transformation and transmission go away as soon as the resource is unlimited.