• Rufio@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    We have the technology for indoor skyscraper style farming.

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      but not the political will nor legal ability to force landlords to allow it to happen.

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        1 year ago

        I mean, in the scenario described where we literally can’t grow food in the surrounding land, it’s hard to say what the political landscape or legal institutions even looks like at that point.

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          Once people start going hungry and killing rich people then suddenly the rich will wake up and realize they have to do something, hopefully by then it’s not too late.

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        1 year ago

        Landlords are not the problem there. Zoning regulations are.

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            1 year ago

            Incentivizing people to build housing is a good thing, actually.

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                1 year ago

                Honestly, wood isn’t that valuable.

                Also we have an insane shortage of housing

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                    1 year ago

                    Yes lack of supply with an increase in demand yields higher prices.

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                  wood isn’t that valuable.

                  Bitch what?? You think trees aren’t valuable??

                  Just because a corporate asshole doesn’t put high monetary value to fuckin trees don’t mean they aren’t the literal biggest focal point for almost all human advancement.

                  Nigga you think we’d be even close to where we are without wood?

                  Not just that but wood is a nonrenewable fuckin resource bitch. It don’t come back in our lifetime dumbass. Yeah it’s fucking natural but so is me ripping your asshole out your mouth bitch.

                  • SCB@lemmy.world
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                    1 year ago

                    Some trees are valuable, especially at certain times of year. Wood is hardly scarce.

                    You seem to not understand the difference between important and valuable. Grasshoppers are important, but not very valuable.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        Its less about affordability… and more about distribution models. Can you get stuff out to the suburbs in a way that makes sense? Do we need to even have the trational suburban model or can it be repurposed for agriculture? There are going to be a lot of people cramped into smaller spaces in the next century.

        We’re a stones throw away from workers rising up anyway, so that’s a topic for another conversation.

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      Do you have any sources? I doubt we would see similar economies of scale compared to current farming.