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Farming equipment is typically fuel based. And this appears to be the case for this robot as well: it uses Diesel.
by the_mitsuhiko 6y ago
Farming equipment is typically fuel based. And this appears to be the case for this robot as well: it uses Diesel.
- jmacd 6y agoThis is in no small part because of the massive subsidization of fuel for farming in most countries. Not only is the fuel for agriculture heavily discounted, but what you do pay can be written off against your revenues. Same with most fisheries. If governments want these sectors to go green, that is going to be a very big and painful band-aid to peel off.
- fortran77 6y ago> but what you do pay can be written off against your revenue How is that different from any other business expense in any other industry.
- jmacd 6y agoOperating expense is different from a capital expenditure.
- simon1ltd 6y agoYou do realize that deducting the cost of producing a product is entirely normal and expected behavior right? It’s not some special loophole. If you use $1000 of electricity to harvest your crops, that $1000 would be equally as deductible because it’s just a cost of production?
- SamBam 6y agoAt that point, is this more environmental than applying Round-Up to the field? Each of these lumbering beasts goes 5 MPH, burning diesel the entire time. How many gallons of gas is going to be spent weeding a hundred acres of farmland?
- CameronNemo 6y agoWell they are quite different pollutants. Hard to compare directly.
- SamBam 6y agoI know, and the two are often in conflict. For example, replacing a deforested area might sometimes be faster by introducing a non-native invasive species. From a carbon perspective it would be a net-good, from an ecosystem perspective it would be a net-bad. Which is more important?
- xxpor 6y agoHow do you think the roundup is applied in the first place?
- NullPrefix 6y agoDiesel engines can be eventually replaced with overhead wires
- frosted-flakes 6y agoIn a field? Not likely.
- briffle 6y agoThe QSF2.8 Diesel is a Tier 4 Diesel engine, so it is MUCH cleaner burning that most tractors out there.