Re:Vertical farming does not save space
by glenstein on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:07PM
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>This entire piece is based on the assumption that the only sources of energy are solar panels and fossil fuels. This is false.
Right, and more than that, it appears to be relying on the old fallacy that a solar panel takes up "land" the same way a field of corn does, to the exclusion of other uses.
That is not necessarily the case, especially when we're imaging strategic uses of space that might become more prevalent in the future. Solar panels can go on top of things, including other solar panels in the form of vertical solar farms.
If we talked about pages of books the same way we talk about solar panels, you could claim that War & Peace takes up an acre of space.
Right, and more than that, it appears to be relying on the old fallacy that a solar panel takes up "land" the same way a field of corn does, to the exclusion of other uses.
That is not necessarily the case, especially when we're imaging strategic uses of space that might become more prevalent in the future. Solar panels can go on top of things, including other solar panels in the form of vertical solar farms.
If we talked about pages of books the same way we talk about solar panels, you could claim that War & Peace takes up an acre of space.