The transition to vertical farming, would IMHO, allow regular farmland to transition to forest — which would help offset carbon — and reduce the cost for regular farmers bc the crops would grown in a more-controlled environment. So, what’s the holdup?
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Vertical farming is expensive.
Biggest reason is that it requires a lot of electric light in order to get similar yields to traditional farming….a lot of light.
That’s basically a non-starter right there. Because you are taking something that is current free (sunlight) and replacing it with something that costs about 12 cents per kilowatt hour. That means each square meter of crops need about 50-80 cents of electricity every day.
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