70%
Percent of residents in rural Michigan living more than 5 miles away from a public DC fast EV charger. Source.
22K
Acreage to which Michigan can scale up — from 400 (as of 09/26) — in dual-use farm agrivoltaics, where sheep actively graze under and around solar arrays. Stats from Michigan State University, MI Tech News here.
Being 94% rural, Michigan holds huge potential in playing a major role in utilizing rural ingenuity and acreage to further empower America and make our country more secure.
America needs dispersed data centers, more power, energy storage, broadband, and EV charging stations on rural roadways between population centers.
Download the paper prepared by Farmed to learn about the feasibility of accomplishing this in a responsible way that does not encroach upon where Michiganders live.
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