A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

[TooTall]

"Streams in Northern California's prime marijuana-growing watersheds likely will be sucked dry this year if pot cultivation isn't curtailed, experts say. “Essentially, marijuana can consume all the water. Every bit of it,” said state Fish and Wildlife Senior Environmental Scientist Scott Bauer, who specializes in salmon recovery and is working on a study of the issue."

It looks like the water shortage in California has several causes. At least they will feel good when they can't get a drink of water.

More here: A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Pot is a collosal waste of water, and other resources.

 

[deltex1]

Buy phot...a real moneymaker if the potheads get their way.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

"Streams in Northern California's prime marijuana-growing watersheds likely will be sucked dry this year if pot cultivation isn't curtailed, experts say. “Essentially, marijuana can consume all the water. Every bit of it,” said state Fish and Wildlife Senior Environmental Scientist Scott Bauer, who specializes in salmon recovery and is working on a study of the issue."

It looks like the water shortage in California has several causes. At least they will feel good when they can't get a drink of water.

More here: A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

That's right, let's figure out a way to have millions of Americans start buying it from Mexico again. Bigger, fatter more dangerous cartels....more murders along the border....more money-laundering in our major banks. Right on.

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[Katzndogz]

"Streams in Northern California's prime marijuana-growing watersheds likely will be sucked dry this year if pot cultivation isn't curtailed, experts say. “Essentially, marijuana can consume all the water. Every bit of it,” said state Fish and Wildlife Senior Environmental Scientist Scott Bauer, who specializes in salmon recovery and is working on a study of the issue."

It looks like the water shortage in California has several causes. At least they will feel good when they can't get a drink of water.

More here: A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

That's right, let's figure out a way to have millions of Americans start buying it from Mexico again. Bigger, fatter more dangerous cartels....more murders along the border....more money-laundering in our major banks. Right on.

HSBC Judge Approves $1.9B Drug-Money Laundering Accord
HSBC Judge Approves 1.9B Drug-Money Laundering Accord - Bloomberg

Or, just go without water.

 

[Vigilante]

Replace it with Cat Nip, and the people will purr, instead of acting stupidly!

 

[Katzndogz]

It's quite amusing and telling. The potheads would rather go thirsty than go without pot.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

"Streams in Northern California's prime marijuana-growing watersheds likely will be sucked dry this year if pot cultivation isn't curtailed, experts say. “Essentially, marijuana can consume all the water. Every bit of it,” said state Fish and Wildlife Senior Environmental Scientist Scott Bauer, who specializes in salmon recovery and is working on a study of the issue."

It looks like the water shortage in California has several causes. At least they will feel good when they can't get a drink of water.

More here: A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

That's right, let's figure out a way to have millions of Americans start buying it from Mexico again. Bigger, fatter more dangerous cartels....more murders along the border....more money-laundering in our major banks. Right on.

HSBC Judge Approves $1.9B Drug-Money Laundering Accord
HSBC Judge Approves 1.9B Drug-Money Laundering Accord - Bloomberg

Or of course Americans could start being more responsible and stop getting stoned in the first place.

 

[Katzndogz]

It's an allegory. Potheads will die of thirst, go filthy, watch the food crops wither and die to protect those pot plants. Nothing is more important.

 

[Syriusly]

"Streams in Northern California's prime marijuana-growing watersheds likely will be sucked dry this year if pot cultivation isn't curtailed, experts say. “Essentially, marijuana can consume all the water. Every bit of it,” said state Fish and Wildlife Senior Environmental Scientist Scott Bauer, who specializes in salmon recovery and is working on a study of the issue."

It looks like the water shortage in California has several causes. At least they will feel good when they can't get a drink of water.

More here: A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

Absolutely illegal pot farming is a very real issue.

Make it legal, remove the profit from farming in obscure mountainsides and illegally diverting water.

As the article you quoted says:

The problem is that pot growers are labeled illegal unless they are growing medical marijuana and are therefore unregulated. And so growers are more concerned with getting caught with their illegal crop than they are of water and environmental concerns.

Oh and by the way- the pot farming they are referring to is in Northern California- the issue there is that illegal water diversion threatens fish stocks- not human consumption.

 

[Moonglow]

The largest consumer of fresh water in the USA is golf courses...Now bitch about that...

 

[Katzndogz]

There are towns in California so drought stricken that water trucks come in so people can shower in parking lots.

At some point the pot farms will become too costly and too painful. Then something will be done. We already know that if a pothead has a cup of water they will water their pot plant rather than give it to their own dehydrated child.

 

[TooTall]

"Streams in Northern California's prime marijuana-growing watersheds likely will be sucked dry this year if pot cultivation isn't curtailed, experts say. “Essentially, marijuana can consume all the water. Every bit of it,” said state Fish and Wildlife Senior Environmental Scientist Scott Bauer, who specializes in salmon recovery and is working on a study of the issue."

It looks like the water shortage in California has several causes. At least they will feel good when they can't get a drink of water.

More here: A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

Absolutely illegal pot farming is a very real issue.

Make it legal, remove the profit from farming in obscure mountainsides and illegally diverting water.

As the article you quoted says:

The problem is that pot growers are labeled illegal unless they are growing medical marijuana and are therefore unregulated. And so growers are more concerned with getting caught with their illegal crop than they are of water and environmental concerns.

Oh and by the way- the pot farming they are referring to is in Northern California- the issue there is that illegal water diversion threatens fish stocks- not human consumption.

Do you think making it legal would lower the water used to grow one plant?

 

[Moonglow]

Hydro agriculture is an ancient ecological way to grow pot with less water...

 

[Moonglow]

There are towns in California so drought stricken that water trucks come in so people can shower in parking lots.

At some point the pot farms will become too costly and too painful. Then something will be done. We already know that if a pothead has a cup of water they will water their pot plant rather than give it to their own dehydrated child.

Hardly...

 

[Syriusly]

There are towns in California so drought stricken that water trucks come in so people can shower in parking lots.

At some point the pot farms will become too costly and too painful. Then something will be done. We already know that if a pothead has a cup of water they will water their pot plant rather than give it to their own dehydrated child.

What ignorant BS. God you people are stupid. And ignorant.

Look- pot farms are illegal operations often run by violent criminals who illegally grow pot on public lands and illegally divert water from small streams that are necessary for salmon and other fish production. The illegal farms cited in the article are in Mendocino- where there are no 'water trucks' coming in.

There are lots of reasons why towns are running out of water- this is not one of them. BUT it is a real issue. 50 years of law enforcement actions have not prevented these farms- what they have done is make these farms more dangerous and more remote.

Legalize pot and these farms go away- go away because no one will bother to grow pot illegally- any more than people are growing illegal tobacco(a substance that is actually addictive) 3 hours into the remote hills.

 

[ogibillm]

this is why you don't see any fremen with bloodshot blue-within-blue eyes.

 

[TooTall]

The largest consumer of fresh water in the USA is golf courses...Now bitch about that...

"Water districts throughout California are required to develop and activate water contingency plans, after an emergency resolution passed by the State Water Resources Control Board July 15. The resolution will affect golf courses throughout the state, especially those not already under mandatory restrictions.

For outdoor irrigation including commercial and public users, that conservation must either limit irrigation of ornamental landscapes with potable water to no more than two days each week, or implement plans to reduce water use by a comparable amount of a landscape’s 2013 water use total

There are a number of golf courses that are using recycled water to irrigate, and that’s not covered,” he says. “We really do recognize the great strides that golf courses have gone through.”

 

[August West]

"Streams in Northern California's prime marijuana-growing watersheds likely will be sucked dry this year if pot cultivation isn't curtailed, experts say. “Essentially, marijuana can consume all the water. Every bit of it,” said state Fish and Wildlife Senior Environmental Scientist Scott Bauer, who specializes in salmon recovery and is working on a study of the issue."

It looks like the water shortage in California has several causes. At least they will feel good when they can't get a drink of water.

More here: A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

Absolutely illegal pot farming is a very real issue.

Make it legal, remove the profit from farming in obscure mountainsides and illegally diverting water.

As the article you quoted says:

The problem is that pot growers are labeled illegal unless they are growing medical marijuana and are therefore unregulated. And so growers are more concerned with getting caught with their illegal crop than they are of water and environmental concerns.

Oh and by the way- the pot farming they are referring to is in Northern California- the issue there is that illegal water diversion threatens fish stocks- not human consumption.

Do you think making it legal would lower the water used to grow one plant?

You bet it would. Someone growing a plant or two for personal use shouldn`t need more than a few gallons a week for two plants.

 

[TooTall]

There are towns in California so drought stricken that water trucks come in so people can shower in parking lots.

At some point the pot farms will become too costly and too painful. Then something will be done. We already know that if a pothead has a cup of water they will water their pot plant rather than give it to their own dehydrated child.

What ignorant BS. God you people are stupid. And ignorant.

Look- pot farms are illegal operations often run by violent criminals who illegally grow pot on public lands and illegally divert water from small streams that are necessary for salmon and other fish production. The illegal farms cited in the article are in Mendocino- where there are no 'water trucks' coming in.

There are lots of reasons why towns are running out of water- this is not one of them. BUT it is a real issue. 50 years of law enforcement actions have not prevented these farms- what they have done is make these farms more dangerous and more remote.

Legalize pot and these farms go away- go away because no one will bother to grow pot illegally- any more than people are growing illegal tobacco(a substance that is actually addictive) 3 hours into the remote hills.

You don't really believe that do you?