Multiplexer

Same here.
And my first use of self-checkout ever was at a Lidl, which is basically the same category as an Aldi.

Well, it is convenient if you have only like three items and in front of the regular checkout there is the mid-afternoon small-change-paying pensioner queue of doom…

Actually Northern Bavaria is slightly arid. During summer, much of the needed water is “imported” from the more humid southern part via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal.

Fascinating large scale engineering project, but also with significant environmental impact…

You are right! Counting decimal places always was one of my weak points, should have switched calculator to engineering notation. :-)

9 sq. km irrigated land is still insane.

I live in middle of the largest irrigated vegetable growing region in Northern Bavaria, and it just has 9 sq. km irrigation area in total, but shared between 267 farms!

Wait… 3000 acres would be 120 sq. km, if my math mathed correctly.

That’s twice the size of my 130.000 inhabitants municipality, which also includes dozens of huge farms.

I see your point here.
So the whole thing is ridiculous and actually a non-issue.

An electric utility bill of 150000$???
Assuming a price of 0.2 ct/kWh that would be 750 MWh per year.
Or a continous consumption of 85kW 24/7.
What the hell kind of farms are these?
Industrial scale indoor weed plantations??