We Should Grow All Food Underground

#1

Post by svensken » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 11:30 AM UTC

We Should Grow All Food Underground
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Re: We Should Grow All Food Underground

#2

Post by snypher » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 1:46 PM UTC

There are hundreds of millions of acres of food production in the USA and we are to move it to Boring Company tunnels...?

Edit; I guess the video says most countries, but this idea still seems ridiculous for so many reasons.

Re: We Should Grow All Food Underground

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Post by muttled » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 2:29 PM UTC

Whenever I read about container/underground growing with LEDs, I can't help but think of someone growing weed in their closet during college and thinking "how can I legally make money off this niche skill?"

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#4

Post by beprogrammed » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 2:37 PM UTC

Yeah....where the sun don't shine.

Re: We Should Grow All Food Underground

#5

Post by ppf » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 2:57 PM UTC

Next - we should all grow food underwater.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC

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#7

Post by aaron695 » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC

Points for mentioning one of the few videos that actually work out the cost of growing things without the sun -

https://blogs.cornell.edu/hort/2014/02/15/seminar-video-skys...

The largest human made solar collectors in the world are agricultural fields and clear glasshouses.

Re: We Should Grow All Food Underground

#8

Post by aaron695 » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 3:08 PM UTC

ppf wrote: post #5

Next - we should all grow food underwater.

It's called kelp and it is what we should be doing.

How to pickle it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXhXK2CcCic

But we should be working on that or something like it to feed cattle past the current idea of just using it to reduce methane in cattle.

Re: We Should Grow All Food Underground

#9

Post by sunshineforever » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 3:39 PM UTC

I don't understand why? Build above ground solar grids and LED lights to transfer the light underground... For what purpose? The light is on the surface...

Re: We Should Grow All Food Underground

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Post by jdc0589 » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 3:44 PM UTC

aaron695 wrote: post #8

ppf wrote: post #5

Next - we should all grow food underwater.

It's called kelp and it is what we should be doing. How to pickle it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXhXK2CcCic But we should be working on that or something like it to feed cattle past the current idea of just using it to reduce methane in cattle.

too bad the kelp has been dying off in mass in lots of olaces for the past 10 years or so.