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How tall would a restaurant need to be to produce its own sustainable food supply?


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#1 Offline drtrmiller - Posted July 28 2015 - 12:02 PM

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Imagine a (primarily vegetarian) restaurant that produced all the food it prepared for customers in a multi-story greenhouse powered by solar, wind, and geothermal, catching and storing rainwater and recycling wastewater and food waste as compost for reuse into the food supply.

 

How tall would such a restaurant have to be to serve approximately 30K-40K patrons annually?


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#2 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted July 28 2015 - 12:08 PM

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That's a good question for a master work.


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#3 Offline LC3 - Posted July 28 2015 - 3:34 PM

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Hmm I remember something about lettuce related to this but I forget.



#4 Offline BrittonLS - Posted July 28 2015 - 4:39 PM

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You might could extrapolate some data from Earthship concepts. 



#5 Offline BugFinder - Posted July 28 2015 - 7:57 PM

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that's an awesome topic.  Are you actually working on something Terry or just thinking?


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#6 Offline drtrmiller - Posted July 28 2015 - 8:16 PM

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I have lots of ideas.  I figure when I make my first million I might do something like this—so maybe in 1,340 years, at the rate I'm going :~)


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ant keeping enthusiasts worldwide. For more information, visit www.byFormica.com.

#7 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted July 29 2015 - 1:01 AM

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A restaurant, ok, for how many people? Over the whole day, you could probably feed about 500 to 1000 people.


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