[codeisawesome]

Could it be the idea is simply way ahead of its time? Nuclear fusion could result in much cheaper energy, green hydrogen could bring down transportation costs, and human population ballooning to massive levels would drive up the value of usable land… but maybe all that is 30 years out.

[yencabulator]

In a dystopian future, hydroponics etc can also function as a hedge against soil depletion.

[imtringued]

Elon Musk needs vertical farming on his utopian fusion powered Mars colony. Earthlings don't need it.