• gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    It’s not a bad idea to have energy production near where the energy is being used.

    That said, it’s not an either or.

    Technology Connections actually did a great video on why using solar panels in place of crops can benefit the crops and actually provides more energy than the crops themselves. At least in the U.S., a huge portion of our crops are used for ethanol in gasoline anyway.

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      5 hours ago

      So anything that needs energy should have its own energy supply near where the energy is being used on the body as a design principle?

      Sounds good.

      Sounds even better than the (relatively) mere incremental improvement in batteries from donut labs.

      Even if only painting everything [that needs some electricity] with photovoltaic paint.