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Re:Arctic farming: Town defies icy conditions with hydroponics by tom_mellior on Monday November 07, 2016 @07:56AM (#12890637)
> The energy problem is mentioned almost in passing, but it could be a deal breaker for this type of farming.

Indeed. Some harsh places do have lots of essentially free energy, though: 100% of Iceland's electricity comes from a combination of geothermal and hydropower; 99% of Norway's from hydro (source: Wikipedia). I've been wondering for a while if they could use that for this kind of agriculture. Looks like it might work.

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Re:Arctic farming: Town defies icy conditions with hydroponics by ogrisel on Monday November 07, 2016 @09:21AM (#12891136)
More than electricity, heating can be very cheap when your farm is on top of an active volcano.

In Iceland many greenhouses can grow tomatoes and bananas because they have direct access to hot water from the ground bellow.

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Re:Arctic farming: Town defies icy conditions with hydroponics by sdx23 on Monday November 07, 2016 @08:49AM (#12890946)
It does. Look Hveragerði: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMPE5W_Tomato_Greenhouses...
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