One acre of corn for ethanol = 25,000 miles in a Ford F-150. One acre of solar = 700,000 miles in an F-150 Lightning. That’s the scale of possibility Bill McKibben laid out on the Energy Capital Podcast. And here’s the kicker: with agrovoltaics, farmers can still use that land. Grazing, shade for certain crops, pollinator habitat, even just as fallow land. French wine growers reported 20-60% higher yields with shading from solar panels. Instead of displacing agriculture, it supercharges it. 📊 Corn ethanol is a rounding error compared to what solar can deliver and uses far more land. 📈 Solar turns land into a true energy cash crop, while preserving ag value. ⚡ The opportunity is sitting in front of us, if we choose to take it. The question isn’t whether solar works. The question is how fast we’ll unlock its potential here in Texas and across the U.S. 🎧 Full episode: tinyurl.com/mwmackr2 #EnergyCapitalPodcast #SolarEnergy #TexasEnergy #CleanEnergy #EnergyPolicy