Posted by IaLeo on July 26, 2021 at 08:06:11 from (98.22.217.237):
In Reply to: Sign of the times posted by pms on July 24, 2021 at 15:26:16:
I think the biggest and newest threat to tillable land use is the solar energy developement, requiring hundreds if not thousands of acres available to the sun.
Of course reasonably flat land somewhat near population (electricity use) centers is first picks....just like the needs for food growth and distribution. ????????
Who wants to wrestle with land owners and the expense of transmission lines to enable locating solar "farms" out in the desert or mountains, somewhere one can't easily grow crops.
So, we now have a new competitor for agland. It may soften the ag production a bit (notice I did not say over production), that is a judgemental term if you look at the world needs as a whole.
Free enterprise may not be able to intelligently be able to sort out the priorities fairly. Think of reclaiming land back from a patch of thousands of solar panels and their mounts!
The farmers unions and their reps should outlaw????
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