(For example, nuclear plants that are half the size of
normal plants require far more than half as many employees.)
Not exact matches
MIT's Kirtley noted that remote microgrids that aren't connected to a larger main grid would also
require overbuilt generation and energy storage even during
normal operations, since they can't get backup power from another central power
plant.
Hydroponics is the science of growing
plants without soil using an inert medium (sand or gravel) and a water and nutrient solution containing all the elements
required by the
plant for
normal growth.
On a practical level, scientists would like to be able to use lab - propagation techniques on crop
plants such as maize that still
require normal pollination.
Seedlessness in table grapes results from the abortion of the embryonic
plant that is produced by fertilization, a phenomenon known as stenospermocarpy which
requires normal pollination and fertilization.
Popcorn takes a reasonable amount of heat, in a
normal process that can be done in anyone's kitchen (doesn't
require a manufacturing
plant with super technology).