Gregory's Server@AgreeableLandscape I suspect that indoor farming will become a necessity as the climate continues to becomes more unstable. Having a controlled environment will become critical for ensuring food supply during heat waves.
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@yogthos This is why I was so frustrated in that one Lemmy thread when people were saying "oh don't you know vertical farming uses energy because sunlight can't penetrate into the lower layers?!?!?!" Yes I do. But, by investing some other sources of energy into our food crops, we save the sunlight for the restoration of new growth forests (because that can't be indoors), which we desperately need more of to make sure we don't fucking die.  @AgreeableLandscape yeah exactly, energy use isn't the only consideration. Another huge advantage is that you can build vertical farms in cities removing the need to ship food from elsewhere. Using nuclear power would produce ample energy for cities and food production. |
@yogthos also, a physical barrier allows you to use modern farming technology like GMOs and intense fertilizers without it escaping into the ecosystem and fucking shit up, and, imagine this, when you take up less space by stacking your crops, you leave space for natural vegetation, the kind that fixes carbon.