This will work great until the first natural disaster rolls around e.g. earthquake...hailstorm...tornado or hurricane. A few years ago a company built a huge state-of-the-art hydroponic facility to grow tomatoes in central Nebraska. A huge glass greenhouse covering several acres said to withstand hail...they even purchased a "hail cannon" to modify the atmosphere ahead of approaching thunderstorms. The project worked until the first wind-driven one-inch hailstorm. You can buy the facility today for cents on the dollar...which includes the hail cannon. It appears to me this design would only meet the needs of a few people and would be far from cost effective especially with maintenance and insurance considerations.
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