Technology Connections with one of the best videos I've ever seen making the case for renewable energy.
The really striking bit pointed out that if the land in the US currently being used for biofuels for cars was converted to solar panels and batteries and even if we neglected even more efficient land use like agrivoltaics, the USA could more than power itself (including EV cars) without impacting food production.
@thecommongreen As an erstwhile Greenpeace'er & radicalized anti-fossil dude, I should point out that while yes, this guy is on our side, most of his case in this video is VERY over-simplified (in a way GP activists unfortunately also do it) - if you're going to use his points in debate, please read up a little first or they're too easily muddled/refuted, even just by skeptics, no bad faith required.
The rant at the end, however? Chef's Kiss 💋
Land use is a tricky balance and the USA has a very different mix from, say, Scotland but even here we could be doing a LOT more with rooftop solar, brownfield sites and marginal land to power Scotland with wind, solar and batteries before we have to touch prime agricultural land (and, again, even that neglects the potential benefits of co-use via agrivoltaics)
While I absolutely encourage everyone to watch the full thing, the core takeaway is this:
Solar and batteries have changed everything. Anyone who says we shouldn't be maxxing out that capacity pretty much to the exclusion of non-renewables either hasn't grasped that reality or is lying to you.
