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>Farmland irrigation water is cheap. Really cheap, compared to what you can get in the city. Is that also true for Singapore though? Seems like much of the cit
by ginko 7y ago
>Farmland irrigation water is cheap. Really cheap, compared to what you can get in the city.
Is that also true for Singapore though? Seems like much of the city's water is sourced from desalinated water.
- eesmith 7y ago90% of the country's food is imported too. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Singapore#Food_security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Singapore#Food_... . That link also mentions their plans to reduce that to 70% "through high-tech vegetable farms (i.e. multi-storey hydroponics farms), and through aquaculture farms." I just want to know how the cost savings due to water alone can justify switching to aeroponics. I don't see how the numbers will work, even with desal water, if economics (and not food security) is your main concern.