Comments on: Blue River gets $3.1M for a weed-whacking robot http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/blue-river-gets-3-1m-for-a-weed-whacking-robot/ Tue, 21 May 2013 13:32:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Useful Design http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/blue-river-gets-3-1m-for-a-weed-whacking-robot/#comment-996503 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:26:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561017#comment-996503 @Stacey

“kill those weeds with an injection of fertilizer … and a friend of organic farmers.”

You do know that organic farms can’t use synthetic fertizlers right. Come peak oil what’s powering all those tractors, I guess solar tractors will be a reality soon (I’ve seen some home made jobs), hope so.

Given an organic whacker pretty interesting but Permaculture principles call for a breadth of ecosystems not a narrowness and that’s the real way forward. Work with nature not against her.

]]> By: Also Dave http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/blue-river-gets-3-1m-for-a-weed-whacking-robot/#comment-988932 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:29:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561017#comment-988932 In high enough concentrations, fertilizer IS weed killer.

]]> By: Trand Josephs http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/blue-river-gets-3-1m-for-a-weed-whacking-robot/#comment-987531 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:46:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561017#comment-987531 Must be nice to have boat loads of surplus cash lying around.

http://www.Anon-This.tk

]]> By: dave http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/blue-river-gets-3-1m-for-a-weed-whacking-robot/#comment-987395 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:48:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561017#comment-987395 Surely the deadly injection would be weedkiller, nor fertilizer?

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