Richard

Mike,

If you are trying to say that raising bananas indoors for fruit does not make economic sense for the average citizen, then I agree 100%.

Of course there are people who are into extremes, such as the hilarious tales chronicled in this book: The 64 Dollar Tomato by W. Alexander.

There are also people who have both the desire and the means to grow fruiting tropical plants indoors and obtain production-grade harvests. I have several of them for customers. For example, there is a woman who owns an estate in the northeastern U.S. Among other things, she has two identical size wings on her home: the one on the north houses an Olympic size pool, the one on the south is a terrarium. Inside, she raises citrus, papayas, bananas, grenadilla, etc.

Sixty years ago, both the state and private real estate holders in California did not think much of properties with bubbling mudholes, esp. in arid locations. The properties were either "given" to native Americans, or sold off to "gullible" Asian immigrants. It is true that power companies will not pay much for mining rights to harvest power from geothermal wells. However, this does not stop a person from building a micro-power plant with their own funds or a loan -- then powering their own enterprise, or simply leasing the site and power for a Walmart distribution center in the desert.

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