Weedbots

When demand for toxic chemicals like Agent Orange were no longer needed by America to wage war, the industry pivoted and started using them as agricultural herbicides, pesticides and fungicides. For 80 years, we have been poisoning the soil and wildlife with these chemicals, but that may be about to change. Robots that still use herbicides but with precision targeting can reduce chemical use by 90%. Or even better, the autonomous vehicles of Carbon Robotics can destroy 100,000 weeds an hour without any chemicals, only using lasers. Robots can be expensive, but FarmWise lease theirs for $200 per acre.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 5. Buy on Lulu ↗