Laraque's vertical farming a "Towering Lunacy"?
Is George Monbiot's "Towering Lunacy" on vertical farming something to be concerned about given Georges Laraque used his position with the Green Party to promote TerraSphere? Is TerraSphere's system really green?
"As a new deputy leader for the Green Party, I see TerraSphere as the truest form of self-sustaining economic development. Also, as a spokesperson for PETA and an advocate for the vegan diet, TerraSphere's mission to provide fresh, organic produce to urban and rural communities worldwide is in alignment with my beliefs and values."
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Not green
Terrasphere appeals to the techno fix brand of greens who believe we need not drastically change our lives , curb our growth or energy consumption, we just need to get all George Jetson about everything. I reject that belief, this is simply another compromise where we convert large amounts of energy into food.
Where does the energy come from? Of course they don't supply that answer as if generation of the power and distribution were irrelevant to the overall "green" issues.
What's the carbon foot print on all these new agro towers they will need to build?
Regardless of the "claimed" efficiency this is stilll energy intensive factory food which may find some small niche in luxury products but this is no answer for our overall food supply.
Veg grown in your own back yard with free sun, free rain and and rich soil is green, terrasphere is green washing. Relocalization with community gardens, food not lawns, urban farming all have much greater green credentials.
Are party spokesmen even allowed to shill for products? Did no one check?
Laraque and Terrasphere
1. I think that Georges Laracque should keep the Green Party and his position in it separate from his business activities.
2. Terrasphere looks to me like a project aimed at separating gullible investors from their money rather than at profitable business operations. The question suggests itself: is Mr. Laraque a mark or a perp, or just a bystander?
3. A high-tech greenhouse substituting electricity for sunlight looks to me particularly unsuitable for Haiti from several points of view: markets, transport, infrastructure, exposure to corruption and extortion, management, electric power...