Re:2-Acre Vertical Farm Run by AI and Robots Out-Produces 72...
by wolfram74 on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:29AM
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Making food takes space, light, water* and labor.
The american midwest farming practices have really optimized to minimize the labor cost because space, light and water were in abundance. But if the space cost goes up from higher/re-internalized transport costs, and the cost of light goes down from miscellaneous power production schemes taking hold, the economics for vertical farming changes.
[*] and various nutrients/minerals in the vein of phosphates, nitrates and what have you.
The american midwest farming practices have really optimized to minimize the labor cost because space, light and water were in abundance. But if the space cost goes up from higher/re-internalized transport costs, and the cost of light goes down from miscellaneous power production schemes taking hold, the economics for vertical farming changes.
[*] and various nutrients/minerals in the vein of phosphates, nitrates and what have you.