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Ralph Merkle

We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost.

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Ralph Merkle is saying that using molecular manufacturing technology makes producing crops cheaper than traditional methods. This is because the technology itself naturally requires less money to operate and maintain.

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