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Uranium is far too scarce to power the grow lights with [[nuclear|nuclear fission]]. Maybe [[fusion]] power could do it someday. Until then, vertical farming is just a bad idea. | Uranium is far too scarce to power the grow lights with [[nuclear|nuclear fission]]. Maybe [[fusion]] power could do it someday. Until then, vertical farming is just a bad idea. | ||
====But solar panels could be on non-arable land?==== | |||
So could [[greenhouses]] (which would use the non-arable land more efficiently compared to laying down solar panels to power vertical farms). {{x|In the case of desert, maybe it's too hot for greenhouses, but it's also too hot for vertical farms (and too far away for power lines to reach, if the vertical farms are in non-desert areas).}} | |||
=====But doesn't it take energy to ship food from farm to city?===== | =====But doesn't it take energy to ship food from farm to city?===== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Food]] - a general overview, including better solutions for feeding the world. | * [[Food]] - a general overview, including better solutions for feeding the world. | ||
==External links== | |||
[https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2021/02/vertical-farming-does-not-save-space/ Vertical Farming Does not Save Space] | |||