Posted on 07/28/2022 8:16:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Things politicians never talk about when they pander to Greenies.
A close friend farms over 10,000 acres of corn in the mid-west. The property is spread out over 3 counties. His operation is a “partnership farm” with John Deere. They use the larger farm operations as demonstration projects for promotion and development of new equipment. He recently received a phone call from his John Deere representative, and they want the farm to go to electric tractors and combines in 2023. He currently has 5 diesel combines that cost $900,000 each that are traded in every 3 years. Also, over 10 really BIG tractors.
John Deere wants him to go all electric and soon.
He said:
Ok, I have some questions. How do I charge these combines when they are 3 counties away from the shop in the middle of a cornfield, in the middle of nowhere? How do I run them 24 hours a day for 10 or 12 days straight when the harvest is ready, and the weather is coming in? How do I get a 50,000+ lb. combine that takes up the width of an entire road back to the shop 20 miles away when the battery goes dead?
There was dead silence on the other end of the phone.
He then asked,
When the corn is ready to harvest, it has to have the proper sugar and moisture content. If it is too wet, it has to be put in giant dryers that burn natural or propane gas, and lots of it. Harvest time is critical because if it degrades in sugar content or quality, it can drop the value of his crop by half a million dollars or more. It is analyzed at time of sale.
It is standard procedure to run these machines 10 to 12 days straight, 24 hours a day at peak harvest time. When they need fuel, a tanker truck delivers it, and the machines keep going.
John Deere’s only answer is “we’re working on it.”
They are being pushed by the lefty Democrats in the government to force these electric machines on the American farmer. These people are out of control.
They are messing with the production of food crops that feed people and livestock, all in the name of their “green dream.”
Look for the cost of your box of cornflakes to triple in the next 24 months.
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Dr. Swier is too polite. “green dream” should be “green wet dream”.
I don’t know if that’s “full woke”. I have all battery powered yard tools (Ego) and tools for around the house. Chainsaw, blower, trimmer, hedger, drills, sanders, etc-—they work better, are more convenient and I can do yard work at 6AM. For me, that is the free market....my choice.
It won’t matter how much that box of cornflakes costs when it isnt on the shelf to purchase in the first place.
“Green dream” ...
Their dream is to take all your green(backs), then force you to live in an urban hive and eat worms.
"It is standard procedure to run these machines 10 to 12 days straight, 24 hours a day at peak harvest time"
It's "full woke" ... or maybe "Full genocide by engineered famine", as pioneered by by Soviet Russia in Ukraine, about 100 years ago.
They are fine, for small jobs, but not for actual "work".
I have doubts on the veracity of this article.
Electric next year? That would mean Deere has all this equipment in prototype stage. Have heard nothing about this.
Furthermore the questions asked by farmers would have been presented to the development team internally years ago.
We live in a land of lies. We can, for now, preserve order by telling ourselves lies, and telling lies to others. That won't last forever.
DIESEL KNOCK!..........................
Home power tools are nothing like industrial grade/sized machinery.
The key points are that you had choices and you yourself made those choices based on your own self-interest.
No problem.
Just put solar panels over your fields.
I see what’s going on here. That farmer made a mistake. He tried to apply math to the problem.
Greenies don’t do the math. And they don’t want anyone else to do the math. In this brave new world, 1+1 is whatever you want it to be. Or to be more specific, it’s what the Greenies want it to be.
If the Republicants get in charge this year or January of next year, they better throw a monkey wrench into the gears of COMMUNISM.
I have considered buying an electric chainsaw, but I don’t know where to get an extension cord 500 yards long.
Screw them. Lots of other manufacturers out there.
Yikes-—I missed that. Thanks-—then yes, I correct myself. It is full stupid woke
This makes about as much sense as having an all-electric submarine (charged in port) in the Navy.
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