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Would we even have food shortages if all pollinators died out? Couldn't we automate artificial pollination? Such machines already exist: https://www.fastcompan
by cobookman 5y ago
Would we even have food shortages if all pollinators died out? Couldn't we automate artificial pollination?
Such machines already exist: https://www.fastcompany.com/90463417/in-our-dystopian-future-farmers-will-use-these-artificial-pollination-machines-to-replace-bees https://www.fastcompany.com/90463417/in-our-dystopian-future...
- omosubi 5y agoLet's not run that experiment
- prawn 5y agoI toured a very advanced tomato-growing facility last year where people roamed the rows with battery-powered blowers to aid in pollination. Pest-control was in-part handled by strategically released wasps. The entire facility was powered/heated/cooled by a heliostatic field. At a smaller scale, my parents were pollinating the tomatoes in their car-sized home greenhouse using an electric toothbrush!
- pvaldes 5y agoYou can automate artificial pollination, Japanese do it routinely. Is just that then you need to pay Japanese prices for your pears.