Re:Vertical farming does not save space
by msla on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:27PM
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> "Plant things in the ground" is also cheaper, though it does suffer from potentially poor soil conditions.
"Poor soil conditions" to include "soil" that is alkali dust, sand, dry for eleven months out of the year, frozen solid and under multiple feet of snow for more than half the year, and so far from either a river or reliable groundwater that any and all water used must be trucked in. In tanks. On trucks.
Plus, you only get to dump more fertilizer in the water if you filter it back out again.
"Poor soil conditions" to include "soil" that is alkali dust, sand, dry for eleven months out of the year, frozen solid and under multiple feet of snow for more than half the year, and so far from either a river or reliable groundwater that any and all water used must be trucked in. In tanks. On trucks.
Plus, you only get to dump more fertilizer in the water if you filter it back out again.