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FibrillatorD · 07-02-2007, 15:58 PM

Wouldn't leave the 3rd world with much of any competitive advantage, assuming all the talk is true about wasting energy, despite the kind of highly-specialized system of food manufacturing we have today.

I don't have any data, but remember those assembly lines with live hanging skinless pigs being polled around a butchering factory? It might not be humane, but its efficient.

I'm assuming the same kind of efficiency holds for fruits and veggies. Again, the numbers, 40-1, stated above sure sounds bad. But how does the ratio compare to an autarky?

Actually, by cutting out transportation costs, vertical farming would bring us full circle, wouldn't it?

07-02-2007, 15:58 PM	#16 (permalink)
FibrillatorD *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 03-11-07 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 801 Country:	Wouldn't leave the 3rd world with much of any competitive advantage, assuming all the talk is true about wasting energy, despite the kind of highly-specialized system of food manufacturing we have today. I don't have any data, but remember those assembly lines with live hanging skinless pigs being polled around a butchering factory? It might not be humane, but its efficient. I'm assuming the same kind of efficiency holds for fruits and veggies. Again, the numbers, 40-1, stated above sure sounds bad. But how does the ratio compare to an autarky? Actually, by cutting out transportation costs, vertical farming would bring us full circle, wouldn't it? Last edited by FibrillatorD : 07-02-2007 at 16:03 PM.