Pot growing is a buzz kill at power plants

Pot growing is a buzz kill at power plants

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BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015 | 5:38 pm |

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Pot growing operations are big power users

Turns out pot is associated with hunger even before someone smokes it. A hunger for power.

The $3.5 billion U.S. cannabis market is becoming one of the most power-hungry industries in the United States, Bloomberg News reported.Some operations have blown out transformers, causing fires.

Without design standards or efficient equipment, the facilities in the 23 states where marijuana is legal emit greenhouse gases equal to what would come from every car, home and business in New Hampshire.