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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" so
by 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 agoI 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.