The environmental message is not hitting so a lot of the people advocating for a better environment have pivoted to better urbanism using affordability as the major argument for active transportation, transit, and housing density.
Speaking of paradoxes, I have gotten on a soapbox recently on the issue of biofuels. They seem to have this green halo but people should know just how much cropland is dedicated to fuelling cars instead of feeding people (for little gain if any in terms of emissions). We are talking about something like a third of the corn crop in Ontario and forty percent in the US. I guarantee that this is resulting in higher food prices.
Technology Connections made a good video that touches this. His math shows that if you cover the cropland devoted to biofuels with solar panels, you can produce more than double the amount of electricity used by the US.
The environmental message is not hitting so a lot of the people advocating for a better environment have pivoted to better urbanism using affordability as the major argument for active transportation, transit, and housing density.
Speaking of paradoxes, I have gotten on a soapbox recently on the issue of biofuels. They seem to have this green halo but people should know just how much cropland is dedicated to fuelling cars instead of feeding people (for little gain if any in terms of emissions). We are talking about something like a third of the corn crop in Ontario and forty percent in the US. I guarantee that this is resulting in higher food prices.
Technology Connections made a good video that touches this. His math shows that if you cover the cropland devoted to biofuels with solar panels, you can produce more than double the amount of electricity used by the US.
https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?si=c_Qn4WziIh-CDIwe