• @Telodzrum
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    54 days ago

    For anyone interested, Michigan has well over 21 million acres of forest.

    • @[email protected]
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      64 days ago

      But how much free land does it have? It is not that much Forrest to cut down but why bother? The sun will generate the same power to miles to the west and this is surely not the only location they can use.

        • @[email protected]
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          -64 days ago

          No it isn’t. Forrest is a much more diverse ecosystem than grassland.

          And from a purely economical point: you’d need to clear the forest and engineer something to make the ground suitable for the construction of the solar park. It doesn’t make sense if there is an area without a Forrest.

          • MeatPilot
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            Mama always said I’d get cut down one day.

        • @[email protected]
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          -14 days ago

          No it isn’t. Forrest is a much more diverse ecosystem than grassland.

          And from a purely economical point: you’d need to clear the forest and engineer something to make the ground suitable for the construction of the solar park. It doesn’t make sense if there is an area without a Forrest.

          • @Telodzrum
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            24 days ago

            It has become obvious that you have no concept of what the Great Lakes Region looks like.

          • NeuromancerM
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            14 days ago

            It also doesn’t make sense since the trees capture carbon. This is a dumb dumb move.

  • @[email protected]
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    14 days ago

    I’d love to see the math behing how much power cpuld be generated from the 400 acres of wood, and how long will it take for the solars to break even.

    Also, how much co2 is saved by the solars in comparison to what the trees would generate.

    • @WhatYouNeed
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      14 days ago

      Back of napkin math…

      Panels per acre - Realistic setup: 1,500 panels, 20x20 ft

      Power output - 0 25 MW per acre with 2022 technology 400 acres x 0.25 = 100 MW

      CO2 absorbing - approx 3 tons/yr per acre 400 acres x 3 = 1,200 tons/yr

      1 acre of forest burnt releases approx 7,200 tons of CO2 (normal climate, tree and undergrowth density)

      400 acre x 7,200 = 2.88 million tons CO2 released.