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Pascalwb t1_j1plq3y wrote

Reply to comment by KiwasiGames in Solvents made from plants could replace the petroleum-derived solvents used today in organic solar cells and transistors. Compounds derived from eucalyptus and other plants are formulated into an ink for printing electronic components. by MistWeaver80

yea, this biofuel stuff etc. wastes so much land and resources. We already have problem with growing food.

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Glasnerven t1_j1poxtj wrote

Not so much with growing it, as with distributing it. We have a lot of food waste, and a noticeable amount of farmland going to growing foods that can be sold to the rich for higher profits instead of fed to the poor to keep them fed.

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TheIncarnated t1_j1q0enr wrote

But we also have better ways of growing food. Vertical farming is a thing. With grow lights and everything. You can seal the grow rooms off from pests and more but no one is talking about that.

Hydroponics is a solution here and can be upscaled for manufacturing.

Also, we don't have a food problem. We have a distribution problem. The world makes 3x over the food the entire world needs. But there are some bad crop yields here and there as well.

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