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       Does function follow form here, or what?
       By: Alharacas Date: May 31, 2019, 2:27 pm
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       This sounds like a very good idea:
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       But what's with all these useless-looking triangles? Aren't they
       a terrible waste of space?
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       Re: Does function follow form here, or what?
       By: Truman Overby Date: May 31, 2019, 3:42 pm
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       [quote author=Alharacas link=topic=1120.msg16336#msg16336
       date=1559330851]
       This sounds like a very good idea:
  HTML https://edison.handelsblatt.com/ertraeumen/urban-farming-ein-hochhaus-macht-satt/24362962.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab
       But what's with all these useless-looking triangles? Aren't they
       a terrible waste of space?
       [/quote]
       It looks to me like this rather utopian idea will solve
       population growth and hence the need for more food. You just
       know that people are going to be taking headers. They'll
       accidentally walk off either through inattention or they'll get
       so engrossed in chasing a stray tomato... splat.
       As far as being a good idea. I suppose it is for rich people.
       But then again, how many urban dwellers living in luxury towers
       want to grow their own food? Few, I'm guessing.
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       Re: Does function follow form here, or what?
       By: MartinSR Date: May 31, 2019, 4:28 pm
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       Do they want to build these vertical farms in big towns full of
       other skyscrapers... but also full of smog, every possible type
       of pollution and lacking the sunlight? Of course we only imagine
       that the vegetables we buy at supermarkets were growing on an
       ecological farm faraway from the civilization and it's
       unfortunately not true. But our own food from our dirty towns.
       Of course many people in my country still do it - cultivating
       their own carrots and strawberries on their small piece of soil
       between the block of flats, the highway and coal power plant (it
       was what the communism has brought to people changed from
       peasants to workers and forced to move to towns). But is it
       healthy food really?
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       Re: Does function follow form here, or what?
       By: Alharacas Date: May 31, 2019, 5:40 pm
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       [quote author=MartinSR link=topic=1120.msg16342#msg16342
       date=1559338103]
       Do they want to build these vertical farms in big towns full of
       other skyscrapers... but also full of smog, every possible type
       of pollution and lacking the sunlight? Of course we only imagine
       that the vegetables we buy at supermarkets were growing on an
       ecological farm faraway from the civilization and it's
       unfortunately not true. But our own food from our dirty towns.
       Of course many people in my country still do it - cultivating
       their own carrots and strawberries on their small piece of soil
       between the block of flats, the highway and coal power plant (it
       was what the communism has brought to people changed from
       peasants to workers and forced to move to towns). But is it
       healthy food really?
       [/quote]
       Marcin, do you think if you breathe polluted air day in, day
       out, it's going to matter much if you eat a little dust as well?
       As to "ecologically" grown fruit and vegetables - I think it's a
       widespread misconception that they're so much better/healthier
       for the consumer (although they mostly taste better). What
       "ecological" farms are actually good for is nature - or that's
       my understanding, at least.
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