Re:How the 2021 Ford F-150's onboard generator works
by read_if_gay_ on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:31PM
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I think that analogy is a bit of an exaggeration, gardens can be surprisingly space efficient if you plan well. It might still be too little for the whole crew, but it'd feed a lot of people for sure.
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Re:How the 2021 Ford F-150's onboard generator works
by seiferteric on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @05:02PM
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From a calorie perspective I don't think that's true. If you grow all potatoes which are one of the more efficient calorie/acre crop you have approximately: 90 days for 1 crop at ~15e6 kcal/acre. Nimitz class aircraft carrier has a surface area of ~1 acre and a crew of about 6000 people requiring ~10.8e6 kcal per day. So after 90 days of growing potatoes you would have about one days worth of food, or enough to feed ~66 people continuously. Of course you could always fish...