New Tractor with 12-Valve Cummins and Zero Electronics Goes Back to the Basics (opens in new tab)

Though I'm sure that in many instances a box of tricks that dies is because the 80c capacitor or 2 buck transistor was a few cents cheaper than a better longer life equivalent component, simply the lack of a good long lasting component at a cost effective price is the problem - in my tropical locale, the lack of market presence of a robust switch is a major headache for much of the fly by wire machinery that really needs a better switch when fixing the POS tin plated version that relies of being sealed for it's protection against the elements. Back at least to the 80s, they seemed to have a better regard for what electrochemical potentials of various metals to build robust switches that didn't rely entirely on being sealed ... for example though the old foot dimmers on cars would sometimes give minor trouble, for the most part they worked for a long time in a hostile environment without the need to oil and fuss over them.

It's never to late to read and work through understanding how things work in the real world with actual farmers.

It's never to late to read and work through understanding that the planet is coming off a historic all time low temperature, and as co2 and heat increase, biological life converting it back to oxygen will increase naturally. The system self balances.

With battery prices, at this point, it makes no sense to continue investing in ICE technology for consumer vehicles in my opinion. Thank you, China. It could have been the US that brought this tech to market and tried to make it affordable to the masses, but we didn't invest in it.