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Modern industrial-scale farming equipment is already highly engineered. Adding features that allowed for more precise care of individual plants would be an extension of existing technology, not something radically new. Take a look at modern combine harvesters, for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2LnkKgwpOE

This is also a sector that would benefit from electrification, incidentally.

Of course, the fossil fuel and petrochemical sector won't like being cut out of the agriculture business to any extent, so there's that kind of resistance to such changes.




What type of energy density is needed to run a combine at harvest time 24/7 from battery or (green) hydrogen?




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