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Vertical farming is just not viable for low value crops. Compare it to traditional farming where you’ve got: - free water from rain - free energy from the sun
by joegibbs 3y ago
Vertical farming is just not viable for low value crops. Compare it to traditional farming where you’ve got:
- free water from rain
- free energy from the sun
- dirt that’s just there which you put the seeds in
With vertical farming you have all the expenses of regular farming, plus the cost to build a building to put it in, plus the cost for hydroponic solution, plus all the scaffolding, climate control, lighting, etc etc
- scotty79 3y agoMaybe pest and weed control is cheaper in vertical farming?
- kitd 3y agoNot to mention that in many parts of the world, the 'free' rain/sun/soil are far from a given.
- pvaldes 3y agoThe opposite. Try to push a weed in a windy wall at 30 m high If they use vertical farming to breed lattice they are just doing it wrong. There are much better uses for that. Sun and rain are not so necessary as it seems. Many plants love shadow, and every building has a system to move water up and let it fall later. Green walls could gladly act as a first filter to help recycle part of the liquid human waste produced on a skyscrapper. We are yet diluting it before, so... why not modernize it adding a mesh of capillary roots in the way down? Putting this walls in special areas out of the way, even shadowed areas, is totally doable even in desertic areas. Just a matter of design. This walls would store water, boost biodiversity and generate a local climate.
- ImHereToVote 3y agoYou also have higher land value near cities. Farmland is cheaper far away from commercial centers.
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago>Vertical farming is just not viable for low value crops. Is anybody suggesting it is?
- opportune 3y agoI have met many otherwise very intelligent people who get caught up in the coolness of the concept and technology without recognizing how efficient regular mechanized farming already is.
- ruszki 3y agoClimate change will care about these. Also if they had to pay for negative externalities, I’m quite sure it wouldn’t be that cheap anymore when you compare the two cases.