Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder. This summer marked the groundbreaking of a huge vertical farming operation in Virginia by the California-based company Plenty Unlimited.
  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    The transport emissions are negligible compared to the imbued energy of an entire building, let alone the operating energy.

    • themusicman@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      Fine, but grid power is (and will increasingly be) powered by renewables, whereas transport will rely on fossil fuels for much longer

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        As mandates loom for ICE vehicle production to end, and trucks are becoming EV. Now you’re just stretching, even that part of the argument falls down.