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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:39 PM Original message |
Pot grow houses eat 8 percent of California's residential electricity use |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Answer: Make it legal so people can grow it outside. nt |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. and make it legal so if you grow indoors |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Couldn't it be grown with solar power??? if it was legal.. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. That is already happening in areas where |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yep, sunlight is free. Or the last time I looked it was. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Lighted grows will never go away. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. in my town grow houses probably account for HALF of all electricity use... |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder how much energy is used on marijuana law enforcement, alone. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Bingo, Wilms... |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Study author says not much, by comparison |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Interesting, but it only refers to fuel. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Bizarre that the comparison omits electricity, since this would be an apples to apples comparison |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nice stuff too! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. There are growers in Mendocino who have $10,000 PG&E monthly bills. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sunlight is great for growing weed. hint. nt |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. this is the second "cannabis is destroying the planet" article this week |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think the article is about how prohibition is destroying the planet |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm calling bullshit on these numbers! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. whoever came up with those numbers must have been on drugs or something. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. apples to oranges. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. If grown outside wouldn't people steal it? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. California's got a lot of hills and hollers |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
19. and the other 92% is wasted. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. So where are the rolling blackouts then? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. ROFL, some "study" Has anybody here actually read the PDF? It's only 12 pages |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. Legal pot is solar powered. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Any idea on how much energy it takes to imprison more people than any other country in the history |
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vanbean (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. I find that (8%) very hard to believe. I would be surprised at 1%. |
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