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The DEA warns marijuana grow spots are the 'new meth houses' | 08/04/2016 | DEA, Electricity, Water, neighborhood, grow sites |
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. |
Marijuana-growing spikes Denver electric demand, challenges clean-power plan | 07/10/2015 | Colorado-0, denver, Electricity, Environment |
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. |
24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America | 04/01/2014 | Environment, Growers, Electricity, grow sites, Water, traffic |
"The only thing green about that bud is its chlorophyll." |
The carbon footprint of indoor Cannabis production | 04/17/2012 | Environment, Electricity |
This article estimates the energy consumption for this practice in the United States at 1% of national electricity use, or $6 billion each year |
tudy: Pot Growers Inhale 1% of U.S. Electricity, Exhale GHGs of 3M Cars | 04/11/2011 | Water, Electricity, Growers |
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. |