Post #1372985

2026-04-14 04:41 UTC

Carbon Brief have an excellent Q&amp;A on the new “Land Use Framework” and what it means for food, nature and climate. One key takeaway is that renewable energy space for solar and wind will still take up less space than golf courses by 2050 at just 1%. This graphic showing the current land use proportions is illuminating. The amount of land used for growing animal feed, in addition to the grazing area is huge! #ClimateChange #CleanEnergy #Renewables #Vegan #Vegetarian https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-englands-new-land-use-framework-means-for-climate-nature-and-food/

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@earthworm@kolektiva.social 2026-04-14 05:01

@MrLee This is an amazing visualization! @mapasmilhaud #AmazingMaps

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@ccferrie@mastodon.ie 2026-04-14 06:28

@MrLee This is really interesting data but the use of a map to display the land use is confusing, in my mind. Obviously the land use doesn't relate to the geographic area where it is shown but it took me a minute to figure that out. Maybe I just need more coffee though!

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@jwi@aus.social 2026-04-14 06:29

@MrLee What it misses is not all land uses are exclusive uses of the land. Eg. Solar panels can be placed on suitable roofs, or on grazing land (a number of studies indicate this increases productivity).

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@KimSJ@mastodon.social 2026-04-14 07:39

@MrLee This graphic leaves me with many questions. Isn’t it a bit disingenuous to lump beef and lamb together? They typically use rather different terrains, some of which may have no other viable use. Or am I wrong? The graphic leaves me no way of knowing. Also “golf courses” are not necessarily all fairways. Some have mature trees. I fear the full picture is a lot more nuanced than this simple graphic pretends.

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