silence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoIt would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by 1 ha of solar panelswww.anthropocenemagazine.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down12cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1260arrow-down1external-linkIt would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by 1 ha of solar panelswww.anthropocenemagazine.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square30linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI’m surprised that the difference is apparently that low considering the efficiency of photosynthesis vs the photovoltaic effect, the fact that not all of the plant gets turned into ethanol, and the efficiency of the combustion process.
I’m surprised that the difference is apparently that low considering the efficiency of photosynthesis vs the photovoltaic effect, the fact that not all of the plant gets turned into ethanol, and the efficiency of the combustion process.
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