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Re:After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak ... by betwixthewires on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @06:36PM (#31575763)
A 100x increase in yield at 10x increase in cost equates to a drop in cost of farming food of 90%.
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Re:After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak ... by ball_of_lint on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @06:43PM (#31575817)
Cost-per-unit
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Re:After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak ... by betwixthewires on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @08:15PM (#31576497)
So a 1000x increase in total cost? That doesn't add up, it doesn't cost that much to use your own greenhouse, I can't imagine something like that wouldn't benefit from economies of scale.
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