ISHS Acta Horticulturae 148: III International Symposium on Energy in Protected Cultivation
ENERGY PERSPECTIVES FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE OF THE FUTURE* |
| Author: | W.L. Roller |
| Abstract:
Engineers and entrepreneurs are too often thwarted from developing operational improvements because these improvements cannot be proven to be "economical" by business management doctrine. This paper contrasts the concepts of money management with the concepts of energy management and concludes that energy management is the much more important skill. It is argued that energy flow is the driving force of the controlled environment enterprise and cash flow is only the result. Also argued are several reasons why attention to energy flow efficiency gives great encouragement to the growth of controlled environment production. Included are concerns for changing diet, increasing transportation costs, high cost of mobile energy sources, mechanization and environmental control energy reduction. | |
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