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World’s Largest Indoor Farm is 100 Times More Productive
Web Urbanist ^ | January 11, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 01/12/2015 11:06:39 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: justa-hairyape

The farm uses 17,500 LED lights spread over 18 cultivation racks reaching 15 levels high.

http://www.gereports.com/post/91250246340/lettuce-see-the-future-japanese-farmer-builds

I guess that to be fixtures, not individual LED counts.


61 posted on 01/12/2015 1:23:04 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hmmm... What about all that “world is overpopulated” “we won’t be able to feed everyone” crap the left espouses?
Guess that goes down the tubes like “Peak oil”


62 posted on 01/12/2015 1:23:08 PM PST by vpintheak (Keep calm and Rain Steel!)
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To: jettester

This Abandoned Wasteland Was Once America’s Largest Mall
http://gizmodo.com/this-abandoned-wasteland-was-once-americas-largest-mall-1581357311

Deadmalls
http://deadmalls.com/

Here’s What’s Becoming Of America’s Dead Shopping Malls
http://www.npr.org/2014/09/10/347132924/heres-whats-becoming-of-americas-dead-shopping-malls


63 posted on 01/12/2015 1:25:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: central_va

In Japan? Hahahahaha! They hardly nationalize anyone for any reason and have pretty much 0 illegals.


64 posted on 01/12/2015 1:27:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: justa-hairyape

Far more information than either of us want to know about the success of LED lighting for plant growing:

http://www.usa.lighting.philips.com/pwc_li/main/shared/assets/downloads/pdf/horticulture/leaflets/general-booklet-philips-led-lighting-in-horticulture-USA.pdf

With LED lighting, the growth light – spectral output – can be tuned, which makes it possible to apply the optimum ‘light recipe’ at every stage of a crop’s growth.


65 posted on 01/12/2015 1:28:15 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: vpintheak

Livestock farms are starting to use indoor hydroponics for forage production. There are setups available for just a few animals on up to hundreds. We are thinking about one of the small setups for supplemental greens for the horses.


66 posted on 01/12/2015 1:30:06 PM PST by Himyar (Sessions: the only real man in D.C.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

flater


67 posted on 01/12/2015 2:07:56 PM PST by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits ye shall know them.)
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To: muskah

Think how much marijuana could be grown in Colorado and other places. You know for medical reasons....


68 posted on 01/12/2015 2:30:22 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: cuban leaf
It annoys them because of their religion, atheism. Their belief of no afterlife
scares the hell out of them and 100-Billion would make them even more insignificant.
The horror.
69 posted on 01/12/2015 2:43:02 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Steven Scharf

You can actually grow food all year long, without any special consideration beyond a good greenhouse and growing your food about ten feet below ground level. It’s the new thing with preppers.

Look up growing food in winter and there should be a few artivles on the subject.


70 posted on 01/12/2015 6:23:51 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: TexasGator

No, he failed his Common Core test.

He neglected to show his work on how the number inverses when held upside down.


71 posted on 01/12/2015 6:26:51 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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