Well if anyone is in any doubt that we are running out of food to feed our growing masses then I think this article should give them something to consider. It’s vegetable growing warehouses in Japan and we also do them here. Although the ones in the UK grow something a bit more interesting.
As you can see the vegetables are grown in stacks. I would guess there is no real limit on how high you go if you have automated warehouse management systems to move the trays around and/or little robots attending them.
Using this technology we will also be able to grow items only found in other climates and thus make all out foodstuffs local. Won’t keep the whingey whiney greens happy, what does?, but it’ll cut down transport use and replace it with a requirement for non CO2 generating renewable power. Nuclear.
Obviously this uses a lot of power so if we continue down the route of solar panels and windmills we will be able to power the lights on one single tray.
Feeding the masses
Well if anyone is in any doubt that we are running out of food to feed our growing masses then I think this article should give them something to consider. It’s vegetable growing warehouses in Japan and we also do them here. Although the ones in the UK grow something a bit more interesting.
As you can see the vegetables are grown in stacks. I would guess there is no real limit on how high you go if you have automated warehouse management systems to move the trays around and/or little robots attending them.
Using this technology we will also be able to grow items only found in other climates and thus make all out foodstuffs local. Won’t keep the whingey whiney greens happy, what does?, but it’ll cut down transport use and replace it with a requirement for non CO2 generating renewable power. Nuclear.
Obviously this uses a lot of power so if we continue down the route of solar panels and windmills we will be able to power the lights on one single tray.