[scottlocklin]

Of course the capital costs of this are absurd (that's basically what you're saying here), but if it results in tomatoes and strawberries which don't taste like paste, it's worth it to me. Dutch greenhouse farms are considerably more realistic [0], but who knows, this may have some niches in extremely urban areas.

[0] https://tour-pronl.com/en/mice-tourism/tours-for-professiona...

[rapnie]

> The total area of the Netherlands is just 41.6 square kilometers, but the country is ranked first in the world by the area of greenhouse farms.

Well, that would be quite something.. but the number is a typo. From Wikipedia:

> With a population of 17.4 million people, all living within a total area of roughly 41,800 square kilometres (16,100 sq mi)—of which the land area is 33,500 square kilometres (12,900 sq mi)—the Netherlands is the 12th most densely populated country in the world.

The total amount of greenhouse area is about 10,000 hectares (24710 acres).

[tromp]

10,000 hectares being 100 square kilometers, or 0.3% of land area.