Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil
by analog31 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:29PM
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So the process can hypothetically run from renewable energy in the future, but the primary energy source and primary source of hydrogen are probably both methane right now.
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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil
by corty on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:18AM
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Methane can be and sometimes is produced from biomass.
And there are a few plants in operation that produce without any fossil inputs, but most of them aren't switched over yet, mostly because green hydrogen production isn't at the necessary scale yet and will probably be used for steel making first.
Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil
by analog31 on Friday April 16, 2021 @09:19AM
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Perhaps a simple explanation would be to quantify the inputs and outputs, maybe from year to year. For instance the carbon footprint of farming should be shrinking if all of these green measures are coming online.