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Re:Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm by guimarin on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @04:10PM (#11113156)
I'm just going to file this one away for 20 years from now when electricity is 10-100x cheaper than today and indoor/underground farming is the most economical due to pest, density, and environmental concerns. Could you also say this technology will never make sense? That would be very helpful.
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Re:Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm by petra on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @04:21PM (#11113208)
Currently ~50% of the cost of residential electricity is due to the grid, not generation - and it probably affects commercial electricity.
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