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This is a very interesting article and does the thing that the media often does of missing the point: these are the ultimate factor farms--literally factories
by terravion 9y ago
This is a very interesting article and does the thing that the media often does of missing the point: these are the ultimate factor farms--literally factories that crank out leafy greens--and we're close to an economic transition on perishable, constant demand, high value items like leafy greens. Cannabis passed this point several years ago. This is a really hard transition though for the actual food supply that makes the bulk of our calories. Free water and energy from the sky is really hard to beat.
- Osiris30 9y agoAgreed. See this video "Bruce Bugbee, Utah State University Department of Plants, Soils and Climate, has studied plant growth in controlled environments for most of his career. Here he presents the results of his analysis of the environmental effects of Vertical Farming/Indoor Agriculture (September 2015)" A copy of the slides can be downloaded here (the link shown on the youtube page is dead. correct link https://cpl.usu.edu/htm/research/publication=15787 https://cpl.usu.edu/htm/research/publication=15787)
- terravion 9y agovery cool link
- pchristensen 9y agoVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISAKc9gpGjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISAKc9gpGjw
- bpodgursky 9y agoWould cannabis have passed this point if it could be openly, legally transported across state lines and national borders? I'm very skeptical. The supply chain there is not just weak, it is actively antagonized by various police forces. My guess is that if cannabis was 100% legal, the indoor grow operations would not make economic sense; we'd just have giant farms or greenhouses in mexico or the southwest.