Cannabis Production Consumes Less Energy Than McDonald's

  • In 2017, the total amount of energy used for U.S. legal cannabis cultivation was 1.1 billion kilowatts (kWh). 
  • In 2015, the total amount of energy used by U.S. Starbucks Corporation SBUX locations was 1.75 billion kWh.
  • In 2016, the total amount of energy used by U.S. McDonald's Corp MCD restaurants was 2.3 billion kWh.
  • In 2017, the total amount of energy used for all the U.S. Google GOOG GOOGL] searches was 2.3 billion kWh, i.e., enough power to run approximately 200,000 homes for a year.
  • As single corporate entities, each Google (2.16x), McDonald's (2.16x), and Starbucks (1.64x) used more energy than did U.S. legal cannabis as an entire industry.  

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