But of course people don’t manually do this anymore, but instead use machines. And I’ve been told that they don’t even manually drive the machines, but that they are instead automatically run.
I don’t think either half of this sentence is true. A lot of crops are gathered by hand, either:
Because there is no technological alternative (e.g. strawberries, safran), or some quality standards require hand-picking (e.g. grapes)
Because, despite there being some mechanical alternative, not every country in the world uses this level of automation as a standard
As for “machines drive themselves nowaday”, even if by “people” you mean “US farmers”, I don’t think this is true. It is true that some such machines exist, especially for the farming of wheat and corn, but they aren’t as widely used (yet) as you suggest.
As a side note, putting “of course” at the beginning of a statement doesn’t make it true or stronger, although I don’t believe in any ill intent on your part.
Because there is no technological alternative (e.g. strawberries, safran), or some quality standards require hand-picking (e.g. grapes)
Oops I specifically had wheat in mind when writing the stuff about farming. You are right that there’s lots of stuff this doesn’t hold form.
As for “machines drive themselves nowaday”, even if by “people” you mean “US farmers”, I don’t think this is true. It is true that some such machines exist, especially for the farming of wheat and corn, but they aren’t as widely used (yet) as you suggest.
I don’t think either half of this sentence is true. A lot of crops are gathered by hand, either:
Because there is no technological alternative (e.g. strawberries, safran), or some quality standards require hand-picking (e.g. grapes)
Because, despite there being some mechanical alternative, not every country in the world uses this level of automation as a standard
As for “machines drive themselves nowaday”, even if by “people” you mean “US farmers”, I don’t think this is true. It is true that some such machines exist, especially for the farming of wheat and corn, but they aren’t as widely used (yet) as you suggest.
As a side note, putting “of course” at the beginning of a statement doesn’t make it true or stronger, although I don’t believe in any ill intent on your part.
Oops I specifically had wheat in mind when writing the stuff about farming. You are right that there’s lots of stuff this doesn’t hold form.
I see, thanks.