American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity
energiesmedia.com
Long rows of solar panels march across the desert, and underneath them, where the ground should be baked and bare, there are rows of green.
  • Dookieman12@piefed.socialEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Crops that grew in the shade consumed less water and people are confused? Why? Makes perfect sense to me. Once the plant absorbs enough light to perform photosynthesis, any additional sunlight is extra energy that needs to be mitigated so it doesn’t doesn’t destroy the plant