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There was a question posted in the techcrunch comments section regarding Nitrogen fertiliser from natural gas being used heavily in vertical farms such as this. I understand thats the case for a lot of agriculture regardless. That having been the case, regardless of how 'green' these companies try to go, aren't they really just using fossil fuels en mass the same as everyone else ?

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It's no different than shipping your product in plastic containers.

Sure, there's a dead dinosaur somewhere up the supply chain but unless whatever your company's industrial process is is incredibly inefficient it's not a big deal.

>Sure, there's [fossil fuels] somewhere up the supply chain but... it's not a big deal.

It is if you want sustainable food production.

An unsustainable system is by definition in the process of destroying itself. I don't know about you, but I want humanity to continue having food for generations to come.

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