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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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