Lee Duna to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 months 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 • 9 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-square@themusicmanlink3•9 months agoIt’s the transport emissions dude. These can be built in cities.
minus-square@ikiddlinkEnglish1•9 months agoThe transport emissions are negligible compared to the imbued energy of an entire building, let alone the operating energy.
minus-square@themusicmanlink2•9 months 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•9 months 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•9 months 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.