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The vertical farming bubble is finally popping (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 2 years ago by poVoq to c/farming

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Good to see venture capital getting burned in this space. Better to focus on sustainable growth.

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[–] poVoq 2 points 2 years ago

Actually from the ongoing energy consumption perspective it is more efficient to build solar-panels and feed the electricity into highly efficient LED lights for these plants, but the picture is less clear when considering the entire life-cycle costs of these very capital intensive vertical farms.

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