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frazzled

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5. They forgot to mention

Reply to MohRokTah (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2015, 10:00 AM

May 2015

Pot.

A single marijuana plant consumes 6 gallons of water per DAY. Multiply that times the millions of plants being grown in the state times the number of days in a growing cycle, and you're looking at major, major water usage.

Let's translate that into NYT numbers. A single pot plant uses 42 gallons of water per week. It should probably be on the list.

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/04/your-pot-habit-sucks-salmon

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