TL;DNR: Nobody is putting solar panels on 22 million acres of federal land. This just means the area is open for evaluation to consider where inside that 22 million acres would be best for some amount of panels. The actual amount would be closer to 700,000 acres.
And to put that 700k into perspective, the area used for livestock is 1.6 billion acres. And for crops it is around 392 million acres.
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TL;DNR: Nobody is putting solar panels on 22 million acres of federal land. This just means the area is open for evaluation to consider where inside that 22 million acres would be best for some amount of panels. The actual amount would be closer to 700,000 acres.
And to put that 700k into perspective, the area used for livestock is 1.6 billion acres. And for crops it is around 392 million acres.