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:It's a fair point, but to play Devil's advocate, since we know about hydroponics in the 21st Century and all of their efficiency and benefits, why are there so many traditional farms in the world still? -[[User:ScaleMaster117|ScaleMaster117]] ([[User talk:ScaleMaster117|talk]]) 20:46, 11 August 2013 (EDT) | :It's a fair point, but to play Devil's advocate, since we know about hydroponics in the 21st Century and all of their efficiency and benefits, why are there so many traditional farms in the world still? -[[User:ScaleMaster117|ScaleMaster117]] ([[User talk:ScaleMaster117|talk]]) 20:46, 11 August 2013 (EDT) | ||
:Well it would be expensive to transition to hydroponics right now, and the nations with the economies needed to support a transition (US, China, Russia) probably figure, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Still, humanity's already got slip-space drives, dropships that can transport 1-2 man main battle tanks, Maglevs instead of conventional trains and hydrogen/electric engines, so a transition to hydroponics is very plausible since planets that aren't suited for traditional agriculture (like ice worlds or places with bad soil) would greatly benefit from not having to import expensive food and be at the mercy of the dangers of space and offworld supply shortages. So did the author and Bungie think, "Screw it, most of the fans don't know about urban agriculture or hydroponics, let's just make Harvest a 26th-century MidWest that single-handily (okay, that's an exaggeration are other agriworlds, but Harvest is probably the biggest contributor) supports humanity with its produce." Although the UNSC probably was smart enough to set up at least some significant hydroponics operations by 2552 given the loss of Harvest and other agriworlds. Additionally I'm sure there are a lot of crony-capitalists in Big Ag and socialist farm workers that aren't looking for a change in the status quo given the possibility of it hurting them financially. Tex the Spartan | |||