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Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an... by tremon on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:53AM (#25415599)
On top of that: this style of farming is additive to other uses of the same land area, not exclusive. Having a traditional 100-acre farm demands a loss of 100 acres of land in opportunity cost. Vertical farming allows to use the same land for residential or commercial development, or it allows for 100 acres of food production in only 10 acres of land.
Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an... by shmageggy on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:16AM (#25415749)
This is a big one, and we should aim for rewilding in the reclaimed space. Agriculture is one of the biggest drivers of habitat loss and thus biodiversity loss.
Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an... by ajmurmann on Monday December 14, 2020 @09:10AM (#25417681)
I wish we could properly account for this negative externality. To me the ideal state for every inch of land is it being a wildlife refuge. To that end I'd love to see a tax that gets charged for using land for anything else. I think it would drive a lot of improvements like vertical farming
Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an... by bryanlarsen on Monday December 14, 2020 @09:56AM (#25418243)
As a counter example, raising grass-fed cattle on native prairie in Montana is much more "natural" than a wildlife refuge. The natural state of that land was maintained by massive wandering herds of bison. The massive bison herds and their apex predators generally don't exist any more, so a wildlife refuge can be far less "natural" than grazing land.
Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an... by lhopki01 on Monday December 14, 2020 @11:15AM (#25419231)
Wouldn't it be wonderful though if we could reintroduce them?
Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an... by Chris2048 on Monday December 14, 2020 @08:02AM (#25416977)
Are there constrains wrt a given acre of land only receives a fixed average sunlight?