[familyop]

"Vertical Farming"

Because large buildings are cheap.

"Wine from France, beef from Texas, potatoes from Idaho."

Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is not very familiar with agriculture or markets.

"Today, we must grow an entire cow—all bones, skin, and internals included—to produce a steak."

That would be about a 600-700 pound steak. Dr. Diamandisio must be pretty fat.

"Imagine returning millions, perhaps billions, of acres of grazing land back to the wilderness? This is the promise of lab-grown meats."

Oh, Dr. Diamandisioelli doesn't like private property. He wants communism with that, too, eh?

[2ndDivisionVet]

“Because large buildings are cheap.”

Completely Surreal Photos Of America’s Abandoned Malls
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3657255/posts

Up to 25% of U.S. shopping malls may close in the next five years, report says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3556989/posts

[alligator]

There was a very good book written by Julian Simon back in 1998 which discussed many of the ideas from this article. I highly recommend the book for anyone interested in getting a unbiased explanation of challenges facing us today. He dives into the conventional beliefs about scarcity of energy and natural resources, pollution of the environment, the effects of immigration, and the “perils of overpopulation... The name of the book is “Ultimate Resource 2”. Seriously, go read it.