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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's actually only 25% to 45%, that is turned into ethanol, depending on the source. Most of the rest of the corn is animal feed. You are correct that humans only eat about 5% of the corn we grow.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Fair, but that's still plenty of land for massive amounts of solar without losing much at all

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Oh, absolutely. I wasn't disagreeing, in fact I'm working with my brother to try and get him a loan to buy a corn farm that he would convert into a solar farm.

[-] livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

Subscribe! That would be quite interesting to follow along in future updates, if you don't mind sharing

[-] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

And livestock can eat under the solar panels, so even less corn lost.

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