Greenfield Robotics makes autonomous farm 6equipment that eliminates most of the harmful herbicides and chemicals. https://www.facebook.com/greenfieldrobotics/videos/615527764469676/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Archive for the ‘agriculture’ Category:
2025-02-13 What If Mexico Cut Off Trade?
The US would be in a world of hurt. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1415952769223685?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-09-26 A Solution To Curbing Part Of Methane Emissions – Reducing Meat, Sustainable Diets
Quote “”Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.”” Quote “”Researchers at World Resources Institute say the average American can cut their environmental footprint in half by reducing their dairy and meat consumption, thus reducing their diet-related land use and greenhouse gas emissions.”” https://floodlightnews.org/dairy-digesters-presented-before-congress/?ref=im-a-reader-newsletter “”Sustainable diets what you need to know in 12 charts”” https://wri-indonesia.org/en/insights/sustainable-diets-what-you-need-know-12-charts?ref=floodlightnews.org
2024-08-19 Farmers Use Ducks Instead Of Insecticide
This is the way it should be – use natural methods of reducing insects instead of killing all the beneficial insects like bees.
2024-05-18 Sticky Insect Spray Kills Without Chemicals
We should get rid of all insecticides. Use a simple autonomous bug zapper that works around the clock. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/18/sticky-trick-new-glue-spray-kills-plant-pests-without-chemicals?utm_term=6648531fa6032e6372afbf52d4456d8a&utm_campaign=SaturdayEdition&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=saturdayedition_email
2023-11-15 HYDROGEN – You Wouldn’t Be Alive Without It!
I constantly see the armchair BEV (battery electric vehicle) ‘experts’ badmouth hydrogen FCEVs. The hydrogen is 3X less efficient than BEVs, they claim. But the ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles) they’re now driving are less efficient than the hydrogen FCEVs! So why are these hypocrites complaining? Hydrogen has been *safely* generated, stored and transported in
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2023-10-25 US Subsidies For Meat, Etc.
A quick Google search for “US meat subsidies” turned up this:$38B/year in meat and dairy subsidies, $17M/year for fruits and vegetables. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26872805:nIE https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F26872805%3AnIEsjCg05Ef7QCY7oVPiSJ1IQR4&cuid=469956 —————————- Direct corn ethanol subsidies are lower, around $100M. But indirectly, the renewable portfolio standard forces fuel companies to subsidize ethanol by mandating it. https://www.taxpayer.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TCS-Biofuels-Subsidies-Report.pdf Perennial grass ethanol has not advanced as
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2023-10-12 Haber Process – Making Ammonia Is Very Energy Intensive
Those who are concerned about the use of fossil fuels are typically concerned about transportation and fossil fuels use in homes and industries. But they tend to ignore the fact that humans use a large amount of fossil fuels to make fertilizer to grow food. Without fertilizer there would be global starvation. Along with other
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2023-10-11 EU’s CBAM Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, + Industry Changes
Barnard talks about very important changes to decarbonize industries. Only One Industry Can’t Survive Without Fossil Fuels
