• samc@feddit.uk
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    5 days ago

    Not saying I disagree, but out of curiosity I looked up the yield of a conventional strawberry field, which is apparently 15-25 tons per hectare, or 11-18% of your threshold.

    I agree that this would likely never be economically viable for strawberries, as I imagine it’d cost way more than £1M for a “hectares worth” of this setup.

    More importantly, I don’t consider strawberries vital to our food security, unlike Dyson

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        4 days ago

        Yes, but it’s still competing with a field full of dirt. So the value add has to be pretty substantial to justify any cost.