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Hydrogen Direct Reduction ❌ EVs Powered by Fossil Fuels ✅ (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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Yes, obviously AI is emitting way too much. It shouldn't even be producing 0.2% of global emissions, let alone 2%. My main grievance is that no one ever talks about improving industrial and agricultural processes even though they produce around 29% of emissions and 20% of emissions respectively.

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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Farm equipment electrification

Now I'm picturing tractors with the power arms that you see on Vancouver buses. Putting up wires over the fields in the right pattern would be a huge project, though. Oof.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    still very likely a worthwhile investment. It would also bring cost reductions with a bunch of automations such scaffolding could bring.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Somehow I doubt it. I'd actually expect the capital costs of designing and install the wires to make it unfeasible. Maybe if you had grants for the construction aspect...hmm...

    A more likely path seems like electric tractors, maybe with swappable batteries. Really, though, I think I'd need to hear from actual farmers rather than trying to brainstorm in their behalf.

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