Prof. Bob Howarth
@profbobhowarth.bsky.social
Professor at Cornell University, Earth system scientist, co-EiC Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Research
Right, but they won't. So we need to get Dems into those seats.
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Right, but they won't. So we need to get Dems into those seats.
Reposted by Prof. Bob Howarth
Put a third way, growing corn for ethanol to move combustion vehicles around uses ~100 times more land than making solar electricity to move electric vehicles around.
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Put a third way, growing corn for ethanol to move combustion vehicles around uses ~100 times more land than making solar electricity to move electric vehicles around.
Reposted by Prof. Bob Howarth
Put another way, we could get rid of corn ethanol, switch 30% of the freed-up farmland to solar to generate 100% of US electricity, and use the other 70% of the freed-up land for whatever we want.
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Put another way, we could get rid of corn ethanol, switch 30% of the freed-up farmland to solar to generate 100% of US electricity, and use the other 70% of the freed-up land for whatever we want.
As an older white (& male) academic, let me say that we are all not like Larry Summers. In fact, many of us have been critics of Summers for decades.
February 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
As an older white (& male) academic, let me say that we are all not like Larry Summers. In fact, many of us have been critics of Summers for decades.