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
      1·
      1 year ago

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

      • themusicman@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year 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
          1·
          1 year 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.

    • Spzi@lemm.ee
      22·
      1 year ago

      Bulk transport is pretty energy efficient. Transport makes the smallest part of food emissions.