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Regular greenhouses use way more water and resources. In 1/8 an acre I can produce in a vertical farm the same amount of animal fodder grass that a regular gre
by lightedman 3y ago
Regular greenhouses use way more water and resources.
In 1/8 an acre I can produce in a vertical farm the same amount of animal fodder grass that a regular greenhouse would need a whole acre for, and use 99% less water.
- seszett 3y ago> In 1/8 an acre I can produce in a vertical farm the same amount of animal fodder grass that a regular greenhouse would need a whole acre for, and use 99% less water. And use 1000% more energy (or more than that, likely). Which is actually lost, unlike water which doesn't actually disappear when used to water plants.
- leoedin 3y agoWhy do vertical farms use less water than greenhouses? I can see why they'd use less water than outdoor farming - the water is lost to the atmosphere. But surely whatever mechanism a vertical farm uses for collecting and recycling water, a greenhouse could use too? Surely vertical farms are the same plants and growing methods in a greenhouse, but stacked?