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Re:Vertical Farming Has Found Its Fatal Flaw by curi0sity on Friday December 30, 2022 @11:23AM (#34186493)
Instead of an adjacent area, the panels could be in an arid desert. Meanwhile, the vertical farm is in a population center and using less water
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Re:Vertical Farming Has Found Its Fatal Flaw by dredmorbius on Friday December 30, 2022 @10:08PM (#34193103)
That is equivalent to saying "vertical farming is cost-effective where energy is free and land is scarce and expensive".

Oddly enough, precisely the opposite circumstance describes most farming.

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