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> I think the biggest problem with land-based farms is that there is only so much land available for it, and that land is also highly val...

> I think the biggest problem with land-based farms is that there is only so much land available for it, and that land is also highly valued for other properties (such as residential and commercial ventures). I don't think you really understand the distribution of land use and urbanization in the world if you think construction of houses and shops are a substantial limiting factor in its agriculture. Your remedial assignment is to drive from Denver to Chicago. As for growing plants on another planet... and shipping them back to Earth... if you've got that sort of an energy budget to waste shipping food around why aren't you just building nuclear-powered underground greenhouse-caves or some nonsense like that?

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> I think the biggest problem with land-based farms is that there is only so much land available for it, and that land is also highly val...

fennecfoxenMay 24, 2015, 3:02 PM

> I think the biggest problem with land-based farms is that there is only so much land available for it, and that land is also highly valued for other properties (such as residential and commercial ventures). I don't think you really understand the distribution of land use and urbanization in the world if you think construction of houses and shops are a substantial limiting factor in its agriculture. Your remedial assignment is to drive from Denver to Chicago. As for growing plants on another planet... and shipping them back to Earth... if you've got that sort of an energy budget to waste shipping food around why aren't you just building nuclear-powered underground greenhouse-caves or some nonsense like that?

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