Marijuana Not So Green - big carbon footprint?

[Common Sense Party]

Study Finds Growing Pot Indoors is Energy-Intensive

— "Cannabis production results in energy expenditures of $5 billion each year."

— The electricity use is equivalent to that of two million average U.S. homes.

— It accounts for one percent of national electricity consumption.

To put it in more real-life terms, Mills writes that one joint "represents two pounds of CO2 emissions, an amount equal to running a 100-watt light bulb for 17 hours with average U.S. electricity."

(more)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/04/14/135415274/marijuana-not-so-green-study-finds-growing-pot-indoors-is-energy-intensive?sc=fb&cc=fp

Link to study: http://evan-mills.com/energy-associates/Indoor.html

So, grow outdoors, or not at all?

[Uncle Joe]

1. We already had this thread posted, see here is a nice post on it about Holder's Taint.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=890791&mesg_id=891804

Thanks for the thread, Common Sense Party.

[Mojeoux]

12. How many deaths from Marijuana externalities? 0.....that's ZERO!

How much energy does the production of tobacco, or alcohol, or even automobiles consume?

And for whatever massive amounts of energy are used to produce those items, we get (figures are averages from 1999-2007):


Tobacco annual deaths = 435,000

Alcohol annual deaths = 85,000

Automobile annual deaths = 26,347

Marijuana annual deaths = 0


\http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30

[Uncle Joe]

16. And that's not the only good post on that thread, apparently Mr. Mills doesn't make a distinction

between the burning of contemporary carbon as in the smoking of cannabis and that of fossil fuels buried for millions of years.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=890791&mesg_id=891044

[nebenaube]

2. What's the carbon footprint for prohibition? n/t

[Blue Owl]

3. On the other hand, Big Pharma is totally green

:sarcasm:

[patrice]

14. Ding! Ding! Ding! we have the winner!!! nt

[Moondog]

4. So what?

Sometimes Green is overrated.

[Fumesucker]

5. A far better and more honest title: Marijuana Prohibition Not So Green - big carbon footprint?

[JVS]

6. How odd that people trying to avoid prison aren't more concerned about energy.

:eyes:

[walldude]

8. LOL...

:toast:

[Wilms]

7. I wonder how beer compares. n/t

[JuniperLea]

9. When it's legal it can be grown outside... and use a free energy source!

This is another good reason to legalize!

[arcane1]

10. They needed a study for that?

Who knew that running 1,000-watt lights 24 hours a day would use a lot of energy? :shrug:

[Autumn]

11. If growing tomato's was illegal, one could say

Tomato's Not So Green - big carbon footprint?

[meow mix]

13. Unrec this same thead being posted over and over.

yeah fine legalize it so people can grow outdoors. or else your not actually serious about solving it.

[Bucky]

19. Fuckin' stoners can't remember whether they posted it or not

I keed, I keed!

[Cleita]

15. Wow, what a bunch of crap.

Cannabis is no different than any other crop in its demands on sun, soil and water. Sure if you grow it in garages, under lamps, it's going to use more energy. My neighbor grows his own medical marijuana legally alongside his other herbs, cabbages, and other kitchen crops. Same water and fertilizer is used for all.

[Curmudgeoness]

17. Marijuana is a freaking weed. Just let people plant it. nt

[Common Sense Party]

18. My, some people are touchy about conserving energy. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

20. It's a question about what conserving energy is and the insane War on Drugs just like any other War

doesn't work to conserve energy from any perspective.