Comments on: Pyramid Farm: Vertical Agriculture for 2060

By: madvine

madvine — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:46:58 +0000

i wonder why it is that there is such absolutism in one direction or the other instead of a compatible approach. using the same thought processes that got us into our problems will not lead us out.

By: nevendula

nevendula — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:43:38 +0000

a lot of this vertical agricolture projects involve also animals to be inside. hope that this will not happen, NEVER.
world, what do you think of starting eating less meat and wasting less? I bet vertical agricolture will not be necessary then!

By: BS

BS — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:15:06 +0000

I’m so tired of the idea of vertical farms, which this project is jsut an abstract of.
Come on now.. Let’s see some real and realistic idea’s on how planning and arcitecure can help improving agriculture in the nearby future..

By: reverend kevin

reverend kevin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:13:10 +0000

i would just like to say that there are some theories and possible evidence that similar structures were used in ancient central american cultures. structures such as the step pyramids, or should i say smaller non-ceremonial pyramids of the mayan or other cultures may have been used as vertical planters allowing for urban gardening. smaller structures could be numerous and community based. as well, plants needing high light source could be planted on certain sides that attain the most light while plants that need only moderate to low amounts of sun light could be planted on those sides of the structure. waste water could be filtered from the top down with a possible moat base where one could farm fish or cultivate fish and water based plants together. one could just recycle the water in the moat and let the fish fertilize the soil. not really that much difference from terraced rice paddies of china, just with out all the glass and damage to the landscape.

By: trimtab21

trimtab21 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:48:17 +0000

I agree with nappy – it would be a money eating perpetual maintenance machine. Think of the corrosive effects of the whole farming process on the structure. Farming is the last thing we should be going vertical with.

By: Radagast

Radagast — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:57:57 +0000

I agree with nappy that it is unlikely we can afford to build such things.

Rather than find ways to encourage even more population growth by growing ever more food, we need to reduce population to a sustainable level via education and ready availability of birth control worldwide. Reducing population is the real answer to most of our pressing problems – living space, habitat destruction, food supply, energy supply, pollution, global warming emissions, rainforest destruction, etc. All are problems because there are too many people competing for finite resources. The philosophy of endless growth is the philosophy of the virus and the cancer cell. Be not a cancer on the Earth!

By: SpellChkYourSelf

SpellChkYourSelf — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:53:50 +0000

Actually there is a Hudson river barge project that has already shown the ability to do it cheap and clean, and when you add-up the roof-top space in Manhattan that could be utilized to grow on the figures were over-whelming.

By: nappy

nappy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:20:58 +0000

Foolishness. Look at the cost to build and operate such monstrosities. Then look and upkeep. The look at the energy and effort required to get stuff up and down the structures. Only the south side of ( in the northern hemisphere) the pyramid will get adequate sun and the footprint will be huge in realtion to the crops actually produced. And, how are these rocket sciientists gong to deal with the taxes? No self respecting city is going to grand agricultural exemptions for onveniient and easily accessible property. Anf, one must add the climate situatioon of our large cities.

Just eercises in futility. Let the real market use real economic inputs to make real economic decisions