Energy Role in our Future
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Energy Drives our Economy &
Our Economy has driven Global Warming
Energy Drives our Economy &
Our Economy has driven Global Warming
Let's build THIS in central Indiana!
Let's build THIS in central Indiana!
We need to lean into the commodities of scale and cost that solar brings by utilizing the best resources Indiana has: Land and a City that Works.
Solar: How much land is needed?
Solar: How much land is needed?
Option: Solar+food in ethanol fields could fully power the United States
Option: Solar+food in ethanol fields could fully power the United States
“Converting the nation’s 40 million acres of ethanol corn farms into solar-plus-food facilities would generate 1.5 times our nation’s electricity needs, while also powering a 100% electrified passenger vehicle fleet.
Ethanol emits more greenhouse gasses than the gasoline it is supposed to replace. Additionally, ethanol (corn) farms greatly under-utilize one of the greatest resources we have – land.
... solar panels produce roughly 200 times more energy per acre than corn.”
