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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:08 PM Original message |
How cool - and intelligently forward thinking - is **this**? |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. It looks like The Viagra Building. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. THIS is what Obama means ... |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. that is great! But how would the guys in my part of the country get their equipment from |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Really really big escalators. -nt- |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. "Minnyature Eyezation" ...... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Each floor would probably include robotic harvesters or |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. we aren't doing this because |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Use smaller, electrically powered machines that can be put on a central cargo elevator. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. stuff like grain would not be suited for vert farms. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Brilliant idea! |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. My brother put me onto this idea. he says they're building at least three that he knows of |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Physics??? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Go back to the linked site. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Don't have time right this minute, bookmark for later. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. rotating buildings and separate moveable floor sections |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. $3000/sq. ft. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Actually once it's started somewhere and is seen to work |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Oh, I think with this, "urban sprawl" could actually be manageable. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. There are tricks that can be used for piping sunlight into a building. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yes, I've looked at a number of those solutions. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hell, pot growers have been doing this for years |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks! I'll have to go have a look later. n/t |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. a video on sky farming architecture |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Here's another idea: how about lots and lots of small, family farms growing organics? |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. A combination of both is ideal. |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. Maybe if I clicked the link I'd know how the crops get sunlight and water. |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. The lower floors are gonna need some big honkin' Grow-Lights. nt |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. I've heard of roof gardens! |
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That Guy 888 (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. I've thought that urban farming would be good in the past, besides the food |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. And a little scary. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. A source of protein... n/t |
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chupacabranation (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Ingenious idea, but... |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. Mindbogglingly OBVIOUS idea. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Wow. Bookmarked and kicked! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. 5th floor. Cauliflower, snap peas and zucchini. Mind the door, please. |
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