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Re:The underground farm growing salad crops in a disused air... by Havoc on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @03:19PM (#20760601)
This is great for exploring.

But practically anyone putting crops anywhere other than under the sun is missing out. Taking them away from that abundant FREE source of energy sticking it underground and then spending electricity & money to light it up with LEDs...yeah no.

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Re:The underground farm growing salad crops in a disused air... by georgeecollins on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @03:33PM (#20760768)
What if you were using geothermal power for LEDs to grow crops in Antarctica? Sounds crazy but probably easier than living on Mars. :)
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Re:The underground farm growing salad crops in a disused air... by Havoc on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @03:50PM (#20760968)
haha yes that would work.

Things like inner city growing where real estate is scarce could work too.

Just say as a whole stick plants in dark & light them with electricity is about as stupid as it gets.

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