Lee Duna to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoLots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down11
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkLots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?apnews.comLee Duna to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-square@themusicmanlink3•1 year agoIt’s the transport emissions dude. These can be built in cities.
minus-square@ikiddlinkEnglish1•1 year agoThe transport emissions are negligible compared to the imbued energy of an entire building, let alone the operating energy.
minus-square@themusicmanlink2•1 year agoFine, but grid power is (and will increasingly be) powered by renewables, whereas transport will rely on fossil fuels for much longer
minus-square@ikiddlinkEnglish1•1 year agoAs 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.
minus-squareSpzilinkfedilink0•1 year agoBulk transport is pretty energy efficient. Transport makes the smallest part of food emissions.
It’s the transport emissions dude. These can be built in cities.
The transport emissions are negligible compared to the imbued energy of an entire building, let alone the operating energy.
Fine, but grid power is (and will increasingly be) powered by renewables, whereas transport will rely on fossil fuels for much longer
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.
Bulk transport is pretty energy efficient. Transport makes the smallest part of food emissions.