When going green is dirty: Colorado's indoor cannabis farms produce 30% more greenhouse emissions
03/13/2021 |
A model of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from indoor cannabis cultivation across the US. Depending on the region, indoor cultivation results in between 2,283 and 5,184 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram of dried flower.
In the five years after Colorado legalized recreational marijuana, indoor cannabis cultivation went from 1 percent of Denver's electrical consumption to 4 percent
green house, Environment, Electricity |
The DEA warns marijuana grow spots are the 'new meth houses'
08/04/2016 |
A June report by the DEA's Denver division warns of potential dangers and annoyances posed by large-scale marijuana growing operations hidden in residential neighborhoods. These operations can be a nuisance to neighbors, prompting complaints about "strong odors, excessive noise from industrial air-conditioning units, blown electrical transformers, and heavy vehicle traffic," according to the DEA.
Beyond that, a big indoor marijuana operation requires lots of high-powered lighting, water, and ventilation. People making these modifications in a haphazard or amateurish way risk doing serious damage to their homes.
DEA, Electricity, Water, neighborhood, grow sites |
Marijuana-growing spikes Denver electric demand, challenges clean-power plan
07/10/2015 |
Citywide electricity use has been rising at the rate of 1.2 percent a year, and 45 percent of that increase comes from marijuana-growing facilities, Denver officials said Wednesday.
Colorado-0, denver, Electricity, Environment |
24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America
04/01/2014 |
"The only thing green about that bud is its chlorophyll."
Environment, Growers, Electricity, grow sites, Water, traffic |
The carbon footprint of indoor Cannabis production
04/17/2012 |
This article estimates the energy consumption for this practice in the United States at 1% of national electricity use, or $6 billion each year
Environment, Electricity |
tudy: Pot Growers Inhale 1% of U.S. Electricity, Exhale GHGs of 3M Cars
04/11/2011 |
The resulting price tag is about $5 billion in annual electricity costs, said Mills, who conducted and published the research independently from the Berkeley lab. The resulting contribution to greenhouse gas emissions equals about 3 million cars on the road, he said.
Water, Electricity, Growers |
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