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5. the cannabis plant can grow perfectly well outdoors without using any electricity at all

Fri Dec 25, 2015, 07:30 PM

Dec 2015

sadly, over decades of prohibition, indoor farms with high-wattage lights and hydroponics have become the accepted method of production. i wouldn't be surprised if some of the currently popular strains are too fragile to survive outdoors anymore.

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Colorado pot grows used as much energy as 35,000 homes in 2014 [View all] FrodosPet Dec 2015 OP

Maybe we should just grow it in our back yards instead. Chemisse Dec 2015 #1

People want quality pot, and they want it quickly FrodosPet Dec 2015 #6

Greenhouses. briv1016 Dec 2015 #40

More solar and wind, it's the future! Dustlawyer Dec 2015 #57

Obviously you need to do a little studying sorefeet Dec 2015 #53

I disagree. panader0 Dec 2015 #59

Once I saw some marijuana plants growing on a NYC rooftop. eom LiberalElite Dec 2015 #21

And there there was Toledo! FrodosPet Dec 2015 #44

How much engery does it take to make coors beer? awake Dec 2015 #2

Whatever it is FrodosPet Dec 2015 #7

How does Coors engery use compair to pot growing awake Dec 2015 #11

I'm just posting an existing article... FrodosPet Dec 2015 #14

Just the energy to make even cheaper beers ... L. Coyote Dec 2015 #48

I think that will be one of my new year's resolutions, to quit buying beer. hunter Dec 2015 #76

Isn't that special? 99Forever Dec 2015 #3

Christmas lights... good or bad? FrodosPet Dec 2015 #13

Christmas Lights Bad - No Utility - Silly Human Tradition - Driven By Sillier Human Holiday cantbeserious Dec 2015 #16

Then don't use them, but others, such as myself, like and do use them GGJohn Dec 2015 #18

Then - Some Like One - Are Contributing To Global Climate Change - Enough Said cantbeserious Dec 2015 #29

Does your computer run on hopes and dreams? ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2015 #30

Oooooo, buuurn, from which the burned cannot return!!!1!! ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #32

That's also very special. 99Forever Dec 2015 #54

Wow! The point just sailed right past you! FrodosPet Dec 2015 #61

I'm not the one throwing hippie punches, you are. 99Forever Dec 2015 #62

May I recommend lighting up a chonger, FrodosPet Dec 2015 #63

Oh good grief. 99Forever Dec 2015 #64

Who is offended? FrodosPet Dec 2015 #65

You know jack about me. 99Forever Dec 2015 #66

The sun is setting in the sky FrodosPet Dec 2015 #68

So grow it outside. RichVRichV Dec 2015 #4

Should we pass a law requiring marijuana to be grown without electricity? FrodosPet Dec 2015 #15

In 30 Years It Will Not Matter cantbeserious Dec 2015 #17

Just legalize it across the country and get rid of the growing restrictions. RichVRichV Dec 2015 #19

the cannabis plant can grow perfectly well outdoors without using any electricity at all 0rganism Dec 2015 #5

Mold, fungi, deer, rabbits, uncontrolled pollination from inferior strains, light fingered neighbors FrodosPet Dec 2015 #24

How much energy does it take to distill booze? Or to post on DU? Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #8

Yes they do go together well FrodosPet Dec 2015 #25

You... JackInGreen Dec 2015 #9

Got any videos? FrodosPet Dec 2015 #26

That's nuthin'. moondust Dec 2015 #10

Do they use led lighting or hid? JeffHead Dec 2015 #12

I just asked that a week ago. Gregorian Dec 2015 #22

It's true, but the problem is how we generate electricity. Gregorian Dec 2015 #20

Renewable energy is one of my major passions FrodosPet Dec 2015 #27

Hydrocarbons are private property, owned by someone or some nation, wind and sun are free to all L. Coyote Dec 2015 #50

I had never thought about it that way. Thanks! Gregorian Dec 2015 #72

Did you ever see the movie "Saving Grace" TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #23

I have not seen it FrodosPet Dec 2015 #28

That is a great movie Kalidurga Dec 2015 #34

It's not like they are smelting bauxite Paulie Dec 2015 #31

nice observation-- librechik Dec 2015 #52

I can almost guarantee that the energy used by a single plant cheapdate Dec 2015 #33

40000 homes can be powered by one giant wind turbine pbmus Dec 2015 #35

Organic outdoor grown herb is soooo much better. Zorra Dec 2015 #36

Let's convert the Dead Trees for Jesus industry into weed farms, double solution L. Coyote Dec 2015 #49

Pshaw rjsquirrel Dec 2015 #78

Yeah because me quitting would help save the world Politicalboi Dec 2015 #37

How much energy do all the distilleries consume? Good grief; why is everything a zero-sum game? Hekate Dec 2015 #38

This was more proving a point FrodosPet Dec 2015 #41

Or water for wineries. Gregorian Dec 2015 #73

It's when I read crap like this .. Trajan Dec 2015 #39

I am sorry about your myopia FrodosPet Dec 2015 #42

Does pot growth use more electricity than Christmas decorations? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #43

I thought that was the New Year's Day tradition FrodosPet Dec 2015 #46

Usually, yes, but to help the Earth to sustain marijuana growth ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #67

Christmas decorations use more power than some nations use all year. L. Coyote Dec 2015 #47

Yes, I was sort of referring to that other thread JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #69

Lighting Las Vegas L. Coyote Dec 2015 #82

Simple solution, legalize farming weed. L. Coyote Dec 2015 #45

combine with solar technology--I thnk I'll get on the horn & see what I can do librechik Dec 2015 #51

Do they have to put enough lights on sorefeet Dec 2015 #55

easy solution...certify natural sunlight grown....little emblem, like the organic stuff dembotoz Dec 2015 #56

And produced a useful, marketable, taxable product. tabasco Dec 2015 #58

That sounds like a great idea! Greenhouses, not grow houses! FrodosPet Dec 2015 #70

My local electrical distribution coop recognized this early on randr Dec 2015 #60

I imagine people smoking pot don't do silly things like driving automobiles so much. hunter Dec 2015 #71

You nailed it in your subject line. Gregorian Dec 2015 #74

Colorado is not an ideal location. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #75

The OP stated as a reaction to the Christmas lights are evil OP in LBN FrodosPet Dec 2015 #81

Yeah so? rjsquirrel Dec 2015 #77

People babbling on the internet about other people use energy FrodosPet Dec 2015 #80

Nothing can ever come close to the U.S. Military when it comes to energy usage. nt valerief Dec 2015 #79