WEED CONTROL: COULD ELECTRICITY BE THE NEW HERBICIDE?
WEED CONTROL: COULD ELECTRICITY BE THE NEW HERBICIDE? Pests have plagued those who work in agriculture. From the lobster in the Bible to today's weeds, the creation of a resistance to the active ingredient of Roundup, glyphosate and agricultural pests out of control, has long been a threat to our food supply. There have been several incarnations of the best way to deal with weeds and other pests. From the archaic manual clearing to the first plows of the Han dynasty in China to the environmental disaster of DDT in the mid-1900s, the likelihood that Roundup is causing a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is time for humans to rethink the control of the weeds again. We need something that manages to get rid of unwanted plants with a minimal environmental effect, such as weed extraction, and maximizes time, such as chemicals. The answer is right in front of you if you are reading this online. The developers are exploring the possibility of using electrici...