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Once robots are growing the food, a lot less of it will be imported. Even with the cost of maintenance, robots will be cheaper than human labor, eliminating a major reason for importing.

I guess if you think of robots as they are today, it may seem like they'd break down a lot. But agricultural robots will eventually be more like insects and, like many living things, cheaper to replace than repair.



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