Vertical farming does not save space

Re:Vertical farming does not save space by jobe_br on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:29PM (#26188347)

Nevermind that land used for energy often isn’t suitable for farming, so … even with the hypothesis, limited as it is, it’s flawed.

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Re:Vertical farming does not save space by TheCoelacanth on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:45PM (#26189412)

Less suitable than empty air 10 feet above the ground?

How is vertical farming powered by solar panels better than building the same artificial growing environment at ground-level and powering it with sunlight?

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Re:Vertical farming does not save space by trickstra on Friday February 19, 2021 @12:14AM (#26190018)

Because you can put the solar panels above a parking lot. You can't directly compare land area for growing with land area for solar panels, qualitatively, they are two very different lands. We have more of the latter.

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Re:Vertical farming does not save space by monkeycantype on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:34PM (#26188391)

Yes this could save a lot of arable or environmentally significant land, even if it didn't save a net m^2

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