题目选项分析

According to a prediction of the not-so-distant future published in 1940, electricity would revolutionize agriculture. Electrodes would be inserted into the soil, and the current between them would kill bugs and weeds and make crop plants stronger.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the logic of the prediction above is flawed?

【选项】If the proposed plan for using electricity were put into practice, farmers would save on chemicals now being added to the soil.