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Vertical Farms Tried to Compete with Open Field Farming. It Isn't Going Well
- Kaibeezy 7mo agohttps://archive.ph/ABX8U https://archive.ph/ABX8U
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 7mo agoIt's hard to compete with free energy from the sun.
- joegibbs 7mo ago“What Gotham Greens can grow in about one acre of our greenhouse we believe would require about 30 acres out in the field” but what's the price of an acre in Brooklyn vs 30 acres in rural Indiana? How do you go up against free sunlight, free water and very cheap land?
- gus_massa 7mo ago* free sunlight: I agree. This is the main problem. This is the main problem. This is the main problem. * free water: There are complicated water right problems (not sure about Indiana), anyway it's more like "under priced cheap water". * very cheap land: Cheap land is far away, but transport is not so expensive, so I agree with this too.
- kelseyfrog 7mo agoIf only there was a way to decrease sunlight supply so we could monetize access to light. It would make vertical farming a much more real option.
- throwaway02246 7mo agohttps://fee.org/articles/the-candlemakers-petition/ https://fee.org/articles/the-candlemakers-petition/ This feels relevant
- kelseyfrog 7mo agolove it! thx
- mickdeek86 7mo agoMontgomery Burns already tried it
- fragmede 7mo agoOr, go the other direction, and make sunlight available at night in certain locations by using a mirror in space. https://www.reflectorbital.com/ https://www.reflectorbital.com/