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Power stats for Forage Harvesters
Thought this may be worth a little discussion, especially for all of
you who are convinced that land is better put to crops for human consumption than for animals. I heard it postulated today, in a Crop Mechanisation lecture, that the power consumption of a powered forage harvester giving a precision (or metered) chop, working width maybe three metres, in chemical-energy-required terms, would, in one years use on one farm, consume enough energy (chemical) to feed 3000 people for a year. Of course, the conversion can't be workied, as science has yet to find an efficient way of feeding people unrefined crude oil, but it does give some food for thought perhaps. I would be glad of some other views on this, either for or against, or either, since at the moment I'm taking that with a pinch of salt, so to speak! Dave |
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