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Cant you use sunlight and guide it through mirrors with rotating shelf's?

• gridlockd 7y ago
  You can guide sunlight anywhere you want, it's still the same amount of energy for the footprint (disregarding losses). The "vertical" in "vertical farming" solves a non-problem, for the most part. We have more than enough farm land.
  • Ma8ee 7y ago
    I don't think it is the lack of land in general that they are trying to solve. They are trying to solve that there's no land close to the consumers. Growing close to the consumers means fresher vegetables, less environmental impact from transports and making it possible to grow spieces that don't handle transport well.
• troysk 7y ago
  You may but then you loose out on the advantage of accelerated growth because of artificial season cycles. LEDs are illuminated in such duration that the plant thinks flowering season has come even though it actually hasn't. A closed room is a VM for plants. Also, if you depend on sunlight, you can't grow all year around and can't charge premium for non-seasonal products making it uncompetitive against traditional agriculture.