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> Vertical farming makes sense when energy is cheaper than what we get from the sun. Uhhh, is there any energy cheaper than what we get from the sun?
by legitster 4y ago
> Vertical farming makes sense when energy is cheaper than what we get from the sun.
Uhhh, is there any energy cheaper than what we get from the sun?
- bell-cot 4y ago6 months every year, at the South Pole Station. Or 12 months per year...until you run out of gullible VC's.
- goda90 4y agoHigh latitudes where there sun might disappear for months. For example, in Iceland, geothermal powered greenhouses are quite successful. Geothermal is plentiful, and it's expensive to ship fresh produce to such a small island nation.
- legitster 4y agoThat's fair. Although I suspect these types of ventures are already profitable without any tech VC money.
- madsbuch 4y agoThe word "when" indicates a future tense. This is limited, as you can hear from the other responses ridiculing this comment. However, it should probably be expected that this will happen in the future more broadly.