> ..   
   > The problem with agriculture is not that it happens in the countryside. The   
   > problem is that it relies heavily on fossil fuels. The vertical farm is not   
   the   
   > solution since it replaces, once again, the free and renewable energy from   
   the   
   > sun with expensive technology that is dependent on fossil fuels (LED lamps +   
   > computers + concrete buildings + solar panels). Our lifestyle is becoming   
   less   
   > and less sustainable, increasingly dependent on raw materials,   
   infrastructure,   
   > machines, and fossil energy. Unfortunately, this also applies to almost all   
   > technology that we nowadays label sustainable.   
      
    => life after fossil fuels means fewer humans living much more agrarian.   
      
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