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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by modeless on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:58PM (#33632152)
That's cool, yeah, precise targeting should remove the need for highly toxic herbicide.
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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by parineum on Thursday November 17, 2022 @03:08AM (#33636198)
That seems opposite to me. Precise targeting would allow the use of highly toxic herbicides in minute quantities.
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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by hackerfromthefu on Thursday November 17, 2022 @08:17AM (#33638423)
Do the least harm possible!
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Re:Sniper robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less ch... by modeless on Thursday November 17, 2022 @11:52AM (#33641709)
The reason herbicides have to be highly toxic is that they are sprayed indiscriminately, so only small quantities actually get on the target. Farmers don't prefer toxic things. They would prefer to use less toxic things, applied directly in large quantities to the target and not elsewhere.
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