I'm wondering this myself - and I think it's worth doing the math to sort out. To me, the essential question is "Is it possible to grow produce in a decentralized fashion?" i.e solar panels on the roof of a large apartment complex generating enough power to sustain the building.
Could a hypothetical FarmPod3000™ exist at a reasonable scale? I mean, people built greenhouses before right? Could such a system be economically viable at the size of a shipping container? A family home? Staten Island?
To be clear, I don't think the FarmPod3000™ would disrupt 90M acres of corn farms - we actually eat <10% of that anyways[1].
We should factor in the +/- environmental & public health impacts of such a system to the viability calculation as well.
Could a hypothetical FarmPod3000™ exist at a reasonable scale? I mean, people built greenhouses before right? Could such a system be economically viable at the size of a shipping container? A family home? Staten Island?
To be clear, I don't think the FarmPod3000™ would disrupt 90M acres of corn farms - we actually eat <10% of that anyways[1].
We should factor in the +/- environmental & public health impacts of such a system to the viability calculation as well.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/14/how-c...