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Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @06:52PM (#25853485)
For what it is worth, a tomato truck carries 50,000lbs of tomatoes from the field to a processor. Supply chains are complex, but refrigerated semis can carry a similar load of processed vegetables.
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Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by cryptoquick on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:46PM (#25853910)
Do refrigerated semis use more fuel? And if so, by what factor more?
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Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @08:16PM (#25854150)
no clue. your google guess is as good as mine

Edit: got curious and spent 2 minutes to do the google. The unvetted answer is aprox. 10%

A semi can run ~1500 mi on 200 gallons @7.5 mi/gallon and a trailer refrigerator uses about 10 gallons/day

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