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Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 03:22:23 UTC No. 16267104
I know it's completely energy inefficient, but assuming you had (reasonably) free access to the energy grid, what would be the ideal way to artificially illuminate a plant underground so that it grew just as well, or even better than under sunlight?
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 12:34:47 UTC No. 16267529
>>16267104
Just search for "grow lamps". This is a solved problem, you're not breaking any new ground here.
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 13:38:49 UTC No. 16267584
>>16267104
see
>>16267529
LED lights are the best we have currently with a good balance of output and spectrum
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 13:43:22 UTC No. 16267588
also you can use fiber optic cables to make a 'skylight' that takes light from the roof (or whever the sun is) into a windowless basement (or wherever you want the sunlight piped to) with negligible loss of intensity/spectrum
the cables would cost a fortune to do any sizeable area but then you would have free sunlight underground forever
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 15:46:59 UTC No. 16267704
Anonymous at Fri, 5 Jul 2024 01:56:25 UTC No. 16268336
>>16267707
they produce more heat and less light per watt than even an average led light now. also they have a way shittier, more narrow spectrum
i have numerous of all those lights in my house and slowly replaced all hids with leds. no led can match the sheer raw power of a 1000W hps though, i will say that