Green progressives pushed for pot legalization for years. Now marijuana is posing a major 'inconvenient' threat to the climate

Getting high binging on energy! What kind of substitutes would be available?

"... The growth of dope's acceptance in American culture and the state-by-state rules governing its cultivation has made it "one of the most energy-intensive crops in the nation," ...
A big reason for grass' inordinate levels of energy consumption is the fact that it's grown mostly indoors with special lighting and environmental controls that consume up to 2,000 watts of electricity per square meter, Politico said — 40 times what it takes for leafy greens like lettuce to be grown indoors. ...

researchers estimate that Massachusetts' new blaze industry accounted for 10% of the state's entire industrial electricity consumption last year;

a study reported that the energy required to grow enough bud for a single joint (one gram) was equivalent to the energy used to drive a fuel-efficient car 20 miles ..."

Green progressives pushed for pot legalization for years. Now marijuana is posing a major 'inconvenient' threat to the climate. - TheBlaze

An inconvenient truth (about weed) Federal laws bar cannabis from crossing state lines, driving up the cost — and the emissions — of an industry using indoor grow operations.