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Re:Colorado's legal cannabis farms emit more carbon than its... by erikds on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:58AM (#26487780)
Is this a fair comparison?

Typically emissions are grouped in three scopes.

- scope 1: direct emissions

- scope 2: emissions generated by suppliers

- scope 3: emissions that come from using the product.

Cannabis plantations consume a lot of electricity and will mainly result in Scope 2 emissions.

Coal mining will mainly result in Scope 3 emissions. This is a customer burning the goal.

More accurate title would be.

Colorodas legal cannabis farms have greater scope 1 + 2 emissions as coal mining.

Re:Colorado's legal cannabis farms emit more carbon than its... by celticninja on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:54AM (#26490400)
Customers usually burn cannabis too. So that counts toward scope 3.