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Oakland appears to be more concerned with the climate then they are the health of their citizens. "Cannabis is usually considered to be a "green" product, but when Oakland's four giant indoor medical marijuana growing operations receive permits early next year, they could become the largest energy consumers in the city. They also could become the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Oakland unless the city tightly regulates them."
Oakland thinks it can gain revenues by allowing major "pot farms" in the city. Of course the more greenhouse gases from pot, the more the city and State will stop legitimate businesses from operating, the higher the taxes on honest families.
What we need is Al Gore to denounce the growing of pot as a global killer. How is Berkeley handling this?
"Because solar panels are expected to have so little impact on energy use at the indoor farms, the Berkeley council decided to include in the ballot measure a mandate that the growing operations "provide for an energy offset" equal to the amount of extra electricity the farms consume compared to other similarly sized industrial uses. Bates explained that the farms will be required to pay into a fund that Berkeley will use to plant trees and finance energy-efficiency measures in low-income residences throughout the city."
It sounds like they have all been smoking too many funny cigarettes and can't think straight.
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Oakland thinks it can gain revenues by allowing major "pot farms" in the city. Of course the more greenhouse gases from pot, the more the city and State will stop legitimate businesses from operating, the higher the taxes on honest families.
What we need is Al Gore to denounce the growing of pot as a global killer. How is Berkeley handling this?
"Because solar panels are expected to have so little impact on energy use at the indoor farms, the Berkeley council decided to include in the ballot measure a mandate that the growing operations "provide for an energy offset" equal to the amount of extra electricity the farms consume compared to other similarly sized industrial uses. Bates explained that the farms will be required to pay into a fund that Berkeley will use to plant trees and finance energy-efficiency measures in low-income residences throughout the city."
It sounds like they have all been smoking too many funny cigarettes and can't think straight.
More...