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Chinese researchers propose turning abandoned coal mines into underground farm labs

Social media picks up the idea, questions its energy logic

3 Sep 11 7:44 AM · 13d ago · 2 posts · 1 comment · 2 sources · development 3 of 3

Reddit and Mastodon posts spread the ScienceAlert story, and at least one commenter challenges the underlying energy rationale of shifting light-dependent farming underground.

Social media picks up the idea, questions its energy logic
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“How is this energetically at all useful? If you're going to capture sun energy above ground just to ship it underground, why not use it above ground?”

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Shanxi Province Coal-based Resources Green and High-efficiency Development Engineering Center Research team behind the proposal

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