Marijuana production uses 1 percent of all U.S. electricity
Unlike the smokable plant, marijuana production ain’t green.
The driver of this van has no idea he's killing baby polar bears.
Marijuana has a Godzilla-sized carbon footprint, with indoor production consuming one percent of all electricity produced in the United States, according to a study.
The resulting carbon dioxide emissions from all those power plants is equivalent to operating 3 million badly painted Volkswagen Microbuses (see photo).
Here’s some more interesting facts:
* Energy costs account for 25 percent of marijuana wholesale costs.
* The energy required to produce one joint is equal to running a 100-watt light bulb for 17 hours.
* A four-by-four-foot lighted “production module” uses the same energy as 30 refrigerators.
Of course, after reading all that, you’re probably wondering how much in energy costs the U.S. could save if we just let people grow marijuana outdoors.
The answer? $5 billion, or 2.5 million pounds of weed.
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115 comments Add your comment
sukIThard
April 15th, 2011
2:51 pm
pot smokers are some lame losers. ah ah ah. keep on smoking DUDE. LOL
mejicano
April 15th, 2011
2:52 pm
you blancos are some estupidos. va par el carajo maricon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mejicano
April 15th, 2011
2:54 pm
•Man drives around smoking pot with dead friend for 3 days
Place filled with fumes
April 15th, 2011
3:08 pm
@ Oh yeah. Suppose a home was filled with carpet, linens and other products made from hemp
and the place went up in flames its possible folks could get so high from the weed fumes that they may never leave the home.
Vick=Dog killing thug
April 15th, 2011
3:16 pm
Don’t bogart that joint my friend….
Re Hotep
April 15th, 2011
3:36 pm
In a world thats not driven by monetary gains, Hemp would create more jobs, cures and a greener planet,..Hemp can be harvested in a season and could make much stronger materials than the trees we cut down that takes a hundread years to grow…cigarets and alcohol creates medical problems which is great for the medical industry, so….
fes
April 15th, 2011
3:36 pm
@place filled with fumes Uh, NO. Hemp does not contain THC (the psychoactive ingredient of cannabis).
Atlanta Mike
April 15th, 2011
3:39 pm
Duuuuude maaaaaan…..Totally!
Bobby
April 15th, 2011
3:45 pm
HAHA, this pot was a sting operation! Expect a ring at your doorbell any minute.
Bobby
April 15th, 2011
3:45 pm
lol, that was supposed to be “post” not pot. Got caught up in the subject.