A single pot plant consumes 6 gallons of water a day

[ogibillm]

these numbers don't add up. 'ditch weed' certainly doesn't grow on 6 gallons of water a day.

 

[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.

You don't really believe that do you?

As a student of history- I certainly do. Our drug war against pot mirrors very closely our first attempt at Prohibition.

The reason there is a problem with illegal water diversion for illegal pot plants is because the pot plants are illegal.

If pot plants were legal, pot would compete on good farmland for legal water.

 

[B. Kidd]

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

Wrong.........it is for thermoelectric generation.

 

[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.

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?

As a student of history- I certainly do. Our drug war against pot mirrors very closely our first attempt at Prohibition.

The reason there is a problem with illegal water diversion for illegal pot plants is because the pot plants are illegal.

If pot plants were legal, pot would compete on good farmland for legal water.

There's no water for legal farmland either. However if you want to choose between food and pot you can starve. This is what happened in areas that grow quot and opium. There's no food. The UN should stop sending food aid. Let them go hungry until they can plant a seed.

 

[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?

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.

Those that know a lot more about it than you do say it takes 6 gallons a day per plant. You are going to have some sorry pot in a few gallons a week.

 

[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?

As a student of history- I certainly do. Our drug war against pot mirrors very closely our first attempt at Prohibition.

The reason there is a problem with illegal water diversion for illegal pot plants is because the pot plants are illegal.

If pot plants were legal, pot would compete on good farmland for legal water.

Legal or illegal, they still require the same amount of water. And with 58% of California under a severe drought alert, pot should come in last as a user of water.

 

[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.

You don't really believe that do you?

As a student of history- I certainly do. Our drug war against pot mirrors very closely our first attempt at Prohibition.

The reason there is a problem with illegal water diversion for illegal pot plants is because the pot plants are illegal.

If pot plants were legal, pot would compete on good farmland for legal water.

There's no water for legal farmland either. However if you want to choose between food and pot you can starve. This is what happened in areas that grow quot and opium. There's no food. The UN should stop sending food aid. Let them go hungry until they can plant a seed.

Once again you are just ignorant.

There are some parts of California where legal water is expensive for irrigation. There are parts of California where the water districts do not have enough water to sell to farmers- but legal water is available.

IF pot was legal- it might push out rice production or almond production or cotton production or hop production- or any other less lucrative crop.

And seriously- in areas where they grow opium- they grow opium because that is the only lucrative cash crop- AND why is it lucrative?

Because it is once again an illegal crop.

 

[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.

You don't really believe that do you?

As a student of history- I certainly do. Our drug war against pot mirrors very closely our first attempt at Prohibition.

The reason there is a problem with illegal water diversion for illegal pot plants is because the pot plants are illegal.

If pot plants were legal, pot would compete on good farmland for legal water.

Legal or illegal, they still require the same amount of water. And with 58% of California under a severe drought alert, pot should come in last as a user of water.

So if pot were legal you would tell farmers what they can- and cannot choose to grow on their land?

 

[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?

As a student of history- I certainly do. Our drug war against pot mirrors very closely our first attempt at Prohibition.

The reason there is a problem with illegal water diversion for illegal pot plants is because the pot plants are illegal.

If pot plants were legal, pot would compete on good farmland for legal water.

Legal or illegal, they still require the same amount of water. And with 58% of California under a severe drought alert, pot should come in last as a user of water.

So if pot were legal you would tell farmers what they can- and cannot choose to grow on their land?

Not my call. What ever gave you that idea? The State of California has put mandatory water reduction restrictions in place for water usage.

 

[G.T.]

I find the six gallon a day number per plant pretty hard to believe

 

[TooTall]

I find the six gallon a day number per plant pretty hard to believe

I gave you the link. Google it! I saw several more articles there that said the same thing.

 

[Syriusly]

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?

As a student of history- I certainly do. Our drug war against pot mirrors very closely our first attempt at Prohibition.

The reason there is a problem with illegal water diversion for illegal pot plants is because the pot plants are illegal.

If pot plants were legal, pot would compete on good farmland for legal water.

Legal or illegal, they still require the same amount of water. And with 58% of California under a severe drought alert, pot should come in last as a user of water.

So if pot were legal you would tell farmers what they can- and cannot choose to grow on their land?

Not my call. What ever gave you that idea? The State of California has put mandatory water reduction restrictions in place for water usage.

California Water Board Approves Mandatory Restrictions Stiff Fines for Water Wasters NBC Bay Area

Mandatory restrictions(weak, weak restrictions) on residential customers.

Not farmers.

 

[September]

A single pot plant does not require six gallons of abzu per day.

Perhaps that is how these partcular people choose to grow their weed, but...

I've known quite a few illegal and legal growers in Las Vegas and Phoenix and they used to grow some of the best weed, and I know for a fact there wasn't no six gallons of abzu per pot plant shenanigans goin on.

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[TooTall]

You don't really believe that do you?

As a student of history- I certainly do. Our drug war against pot mirrors very closely our first attempt at Prohibition.

The reason there is a problem with illegal water diversion for illegal pot plants is because the pot plants are illegal.

If pot plants were legal, pot would compete on good farmland for legal water.

Legal or illegal, they still require the same amount of water. And with 58% of California under a severe drought alert, pot should come in last as a user of water.

So if pot were legal you would tell farmers what they can- and cannot choose to grow on their land?

Not my call. What ever gave you that idea? The State of California has put mandatory water reduction restrictions in place for water usage.

California Water Board Approves Mandatory Restrictions Stiff Fines for Water Wasters NBC Bay Area

Mandatory restrictions(weak, weak restrictions) on residential customers.

Not farmers.

They didn't have to restrict water to the farmers. They know better to plant crops when there is no water for them

“The 2014 drought is responsible for the greatest absolute reduction in water availability for California agriculture ever seen,” the report said, adding the results "underscore California’s heavy reliance on groundwater to cope with droughts."

UC Davis scientists Richard Howitt and Jay Lund, who co-authored the report, said pockets along the state’s Central Valley, where farmers are relying on emergency groundwater reserves as other water resources have run dry, would be hit especially hard by economic losses.

Overall, the drought is expected to cause $2.2 billion in total economic losses in California this year, the report said. The estimated crop revenue loss amounts to $810 million, mostly because of water shortages that have forced many farmers to let their fields lie fallow."

 

[ogibillm]

I find the six gallon a day number per plant pretty hard to believe

it doesn't make sense. the stuff naturally grows wild. there's a reason it's called 'weed'
there is no way each plant consumes 6 gallons daily.

 

[G.T.]

Too tall, I think you need to vary your research up on that a bit man.

Do you even know what six fuggin gallons looks like? A plant that size could never have that absorption rate dude.

 

[Songfourone]

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.

Who is "we"?

 

[hipeter924]

So basically as much as champagne socialists in CA use on their lawns.