[Spaceships] Million Merchant Marathon

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by itchking

In that scenario of massive reduction in the ability of Earthside farming production it is conceivable that exo-farms would be a way (massive upfront costs not withstanding) to avert massive famine. Assuming of course there is enough lead time to start spinning up new farming plexes.

Cheaper to just fix the farmland. Let's suppose you can build a square kilometer of farms in orbit for a mere $1 billion (which is super cheap). What do you think happens if you spend that same $1 billion on farmland restoration?