India, Aug. 28 -- Opening thoughts. Some of you may have noticed (and perhaps appreciated) a genuine attempt at starting our weekly Wired Wisdom conversations on a note of positivity. Happy updates, that are a reflection of humanity achievements no matter how fine they may be at this stage, rather than feed into the negativity that usually surrounds us. That pursuit of positivity continues today as well, and we must therefore have a conversation about agrivoltaics (a combination of the words "agriculture" and "photovoltaics")

Agrivoltaics is the dual-use of land to simultaneously produce food (or livestock) and generate renewable solar energy. Solar panels, we all know, are becoming quite useful. While the concept of agrivoltaics origina...