• kozy138
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    9 months ago

    The thing is, you don’t need to reproduce the full power of the sun. All you need to produce, is the particular wavelengths of light which are absorbed best by the chlorophyll in the plants. And with modern LEDs, the power consumption is tiny.

    With wind, solar, and geogermal energy production, one could theoretically power, and regulate the temp/humidity in the facility with a net 0 carbon emissions. Not a few hundred thousand gallons of gas…

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        9 months ago

        When the energy is essentially unlimited, who cares how much energy it uses. None of that energy is burning fossil fuels.

        Not mention all of the cost and resources saved on water, fertilizer, and the fact that you can grow all year round.

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          9 months ago

          That’s fine, but energy is not unlimited and probably won’t be anytime soon. I think it’s important to understand the realities of indoor farming. I find many in environmental communities like this one labor under the same misapprehensions that I found in this thread, and as a result have an unrealistically charitable outlook on them.

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            True, but renewable energy will be essentially unlimited at some point. Where as fossil fuels will never be.

            Also, we can use vertical tech in greenhouses for free sunlight. It doesn’t have to be a box warehouse.