Re:Agrivoltaics: A Sustainable Synergy Between Agriculture a...
by samwillis on Saturday May 13, 2023 @12:58PM
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You joke, but there are a lot of crops that can't easily be machine picked, and probably never will be. Although I'm a proponent for legal safe immigration for sessional work with a route to permanent residency. The lack of legal routes results in unsafe working conditions and modern slavery.
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Re:Agrivoltaics: A Sustainable Synergy Between Agriculture a...
by ianai on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:37PM
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Ah but now supplemented with a push to legalize child labor in the US.
Re:Agrivoltaics: A Sustainable Synergy Between Agriculture a...
by samwillis on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:39PM
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Child labour is already legal (to some extent) in agriculture, unfortunately.
Re:Agrivoltaics: A Sustainable Synergy Between Agriculture a...
by ianai on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:49PM
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And even more often overlooked by those benefiting from it.
Re:Agrivoltaics: A Sustainable Synergy Between Agriculture a...
by Throw73849 on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:09PM
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Why would I joke? People are cheaper than machines.
Re:Agrivoltaics: A Sustainable Synergy Between Agriculture a...
by samwillis on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:32PM
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My mistake, I usually assume some openly proposing illegal immigration, rather than safe legal immigration, as a solution is joking.
Re:Agrivoltaics: A Sustainable Synergy Between Agriculture a...
by tuatoru on Saturday May 13, 2023 @10:35PM
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I don't know about never. Strawberry picking robots seem to be in the piloting phase (out of the lab, not yet in mass production). Same with harvesting salad greens, and grape picking. Other fruits and vegetables look like just a matter of time and investment.
As we move down the robotics learning curve, prices will fall to the point where investment for designing blackberry pickers or cherry pickers (for example) is affordable.