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Wheat yield potential in controlled-environment vertical farms (2020)
- steve_adams_86 4y ago> However, given the high energy costs for artificial lighting and capital costs, it is unlikely to be economically competitive with current market prices. It seems like the cost of externalities would be lower, though. If those prices are ever factored into market prices, this might be able to compete
- cinntaile 4y agoThe cost:return in the 2050 scenario is ~6:1 and they're assuming an $800/metric ton price of wheat, that's just not good enough. Wheat would have to cost like $5000/t with all the externalities included to make it profitable and that's not a world any of us want to live in. Especially not the people in developing countries, a huge amount of people would starve to death.