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Heck yes. It's absurd now but... imagine those crop-water-er things, with a central pivot (ed: "central-pivot-irrigation"). What if instead of just a line of
by rektide 4y ago
Heck yes.
It's absurd now but... imagine those crop-water-er things, with a central pivot (ed: "central-pivot-irrigation").
What if instead of just a line of watering, that rotated around, it was a vast overhead rotating circle? Like 80% by area solar panels overhanigng. But also, one radian with all the farm stuff: watering, tiller, planter, harvester? An polar-plotter of tools, with solar panels taking up most everywhere else.
- catmanjan 4y agoI’m actually experimenting with building one of those- the problem is the forces involved compared to the irrigator which is basically just suspending water pipes over the ground
- dylan604 4y agomaybe i'm misremembering, but I was under them impression that the water pressure drove the platform. was i totally wrong on this? i ask, as i would never have guessed adding the weight of solar panels to that would be viable without possibly using some of the generated power to drive a motor.
- mikro2nd 4y agoEarly systems were driven by water pressure. Modern systems have an electric motor for each pair of wheels.