Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans

Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by pg314 on Sunday June 26, 2022 @04:35AM (#31882140)

The initial number of 1 square kilometer of PV panels produced per year doesn't pass the sniff test. An average home installation is already 10 square meters, and a lot more than 100,000 installations are added in a year.

The global production of solar panels was 180 GW in 2020. Assuming around 200 W per square meter, you get 1 billion square meters of solar panels. So their initial number is off by a factor of 1000.

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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by danielheath on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:39AM (#31890938)

Thanks, that's actually quite close to the method I used but I've clearly dropped a unit somewhere.

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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by ncmncm on Sunday June 26, 2022 @05:20AM (#31882346)

Home installations are usually at several times 10 square meters, or more. 50 is common, 100 seen.

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