Re:Vertical farming does not save space
by e_y_ on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:31PM
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Or maybe something like what's being investigated for greenhouses on Mars (which gets less than half the sunlight that Earth receives) using mirrors and optical fiber cables to redirect light.
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Re:Vertical farming does not save space
by dicroce on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:16PM
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Yes! I wonder if there is a way to make a light battery? :)
Light has a tendency to zoom off at, well, the speed of light, and colliding with objects causes it to lose energy. There have been some experiments in slowing down or "stopping" light although they involve some elaborate setups that almost certainly use more energy to trap the light than you'd get from storing it.
You could also store it in or orbiting in a black hole, but good luck getting it back in its original form! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_sphere