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Re:What vertical farming and ag startups don't understand ab... by chx on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:57PM (#23633786)
> 1MWh/capita annum

Oh this is fascinating! I never thought of this but of course energy consumption per capita is going to be an indicator of how industrialized a country is. I briefly checked the two countries I am a citizen of (Canada, Hungary) and counterchecked with one of the poorest countries I know of (Chad) and the numbers are as expected: 14.6, 4.1, 0.013 (oof).

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Re:What vertical farming and ag startups don't understand ab... by cryptonector on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @10:13PM (#23636171)
Now think about what it means to do with less energy.

Energy availability is wealth.

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Re:What vertical farming and ag startups don't understand ab... by abyssin on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @06:10PM (#23634433)
On the topic of energy, I find this correlation fascinating as well: https://jancovici.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/petrole_gra.... Oil consumption predicts GDP. Complete article: https://jancovici.com/en/energy-transition/oil/is-the-price-...
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Re:What vertical farming and ag startups don't understand ab... by FeloniousHam on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:57AM (#23640150)
I highly recommend Energy and Civilization[1], the most engrossing dry recitation of facts I've ever read.

[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/energy-and-civilization

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Re:What vertical farming and ag startups don't understand ab... by saeranv on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @05:51PM (#23634275)
Yes, and for this reason (IIRC) GDP/capita scales linearly with MWH/capita.
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