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1 per second would only be 86,400 a day... and that assumes zero flying and positioning time, zero loading and reloading time, zero fueling time, and flawless,
by DrScump 9y ago
1 per second would only be 86,400 a day... and that assumes zero flying and positioning time, zero loading and reloading time, zero fueling time, and flawless, instant decisions.
- onion2k 9y agoAssuming the drone is only planting one tree at a time...
- DrScump 9y agoHow many surviving trees do you propose to get out of one seedling pod? (Hint: their own video says a max of 300 pods every 18 minutes, then reloading and repositioning. And it can only work in daylight.)
- onion2k 9y agoOne. That's why it makes sense to plant several in each pod - tree sapling survival rates aren't 100%. It makes sense to plant many more trees than you expect to grow to maturity.
- RobertRoberts 9y agoThen I think they are cheating their numbers if they count multiple trees per pod. :P
- onion2k 9y agoIt might not match your expectation that "number of trees planted === number of mature trees" but that's because you're assuming things that they're not saying. You can't reasonably make an incorrect assumption and then claim to be cheated when it's wrong.
- RobertRoberts 9y agoI was being a bit snarky, but this is common practice. They could easily claim "100k" seeds, but full well knowing that only 10k will actually grow. But saying "we can grow 10k trees" just doesn't sound as impressive. It seems to be marketing numbers.
- roryisok 9y agoI assume the "one per second" figure is calculated from the total tree output, not the other way around. As in, whatever rate the drones can plant per day divided by 86,400 and rounded up to one