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this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2026
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Yep, gotten into that argument, got downvoted into oblivion by pointing out that covering 80% of the space above crops with sun-blocking solar panels might, you know, affect the crops.
Was confidently told that crops only need about 4 hours of sunlight, lol.
I mean all of that is big ol fat case depends. Like elevation distance from equator, time of year, what crop and at stage of development.
I genuinely wish we could disable the upvote and downvote counters. Its 99% group think and it isn’t healthy for the discussion.
However, you can easily replace all corn farms that were used for ethanol production and produce more energy per unit of land