This is going to be greatly reducing the need for herbicides – weed killers, which are poisonous, not good for our food. Making for a better, greener world. ▶️ Watch this reelhttps://www.facebook.com/reel/3353248441633569?mibextid=zAoTV8&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Archive for the ‘farming’ Category:
2023-12-07 Laser Weed Killer, Scarecrow, Bug Killer
These autonomous laser devices can be working in the fields around the clock. They could severely reduce the need for herbicides (weed killer chemicals), and insecticides which are also harmful to good insects and other animals and pollute the environment. It’s highly unlikely that a weed will become resistant to a Laser! They can be
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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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2023-10-20 Ammonia From Farms Behind 60% Of UK PM2.5 Air Pollution – Study
Ammonia from farms, along with NOx, make up 40% of PM2.5 air pollution in other developed countries. The people should cut back on meat and dairy consumption – eat meat once a week. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/04/ammonia-from-farms-behind-60-of-uk-particulate-air-pollution-study
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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2023-09-15 Weed Zapping Autonomous Robot Vehicles
No more herbicides – weed killing chemicals! https://www.facebook.com/reel/304491815480199?mibextid=9drbnH
2022-03-06 Reducing Methane From Livestock, Cows
Methane is more than 25 times as potent a greenhouse gas as CO2, and cows are responsible for emitting much of it. The researchers are finding that feeding cattle red seaweed can dramatically reduce the amount of methane that cattle emit. This PBS Newshour video explains. https://youtu.be/9ExxBIFVmKA .
2022-02-25 Drought: Calif Farmers Get No Water
The megadrought in California’s Central Valley has left no water to be allocated. https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/02/25/drought-climate-whiplash-leave-farmers-without-water-in-californias-central-valley/
2021-11-09 Treat Beef Like Coal To Reduce GHGs
This article is behind a paywall. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/10/02/treating-beef-like-coal-would-make-a-big-dent-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions
2021-10-09 Meat Industry Climate Washing
Investigation: The meat industry is using the same techniques that the tobacco industry used to fool the consumer – climate washing. https://www.desmog.com/2021/07/18/investigation-meat-industry-greenwash-climatewash/
