Wendelstein 7-X: Gigajoule energy turnover generated for eight minutes

Re:Wendelstein 7-X: Gigajoule energy turnover generated for ... by fizigura on Monday August 14, 2023 @05:34AM (#37119096)

Farmland is literally converting solar energy into sugars. It's natures solar plants. Sure, you can get a bit of shade for your cattle. But the hundreds of millions of acres used for crops are directly competing for sunlight with your solar cells.

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Re:Wendelstein 7-X: Gigajoule energy turnover generated for ... by angiosperm on Monday August 14, 2023 @03:08PM (#37125382)

You imagine that is so, but the science says otherwise.

In fact, most plants can only use sunlight for a few hours a day, and must then endure the heat for the rest of the day. A few crops -- wheat, corn -- offer slightly reduced yields when shaded, but many others -- particularly peppers -- yield better with partial shade. Even where yield is reduced, the extra year-round revenue and radically reduced water loss may even the score.

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