Annual reminder from @GavinBade and I that #cannabis is the nation’s most energy-intensive crop and that energy use — by indoor cannabis cultivation facilities, especially — is only going to grow now that all these NE states (NY, NJ, etc) have legalized. politico.com/newsletters/po…
The facts on indoor vs outdoor cultivation are just 🤯.
An indoor grow, on avg, consumes 1.27 kWh per cannabis gram, according to New Frontier Data.
Growing weed outdoors uses 0.07 kWh per gram — 18 times less.
An indoor grow, on avg, consumes 1.27 kWh per cannabis gram, according to New Frontier Data.
Growing weed outdoors uses 0.07 kWh per gram — 18 times less.
Growing marijuana indoors can consume 2,000 watts of electricity per square meter, according to a report published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Lettuce and other leafy greens, comparatively, need about 50 watts of electricity per square meter when grown indoors. 
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