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Lots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built? (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/green@lemmy.ml

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[–] theluddite@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

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.