> However based on past experience with growing crops under artificial light, I wonder if the investment makes sense. There are a number of issues that have to be addressed, the most urgent is providing enough light for plants to grow. Sunlight is very expensive to replicate with human-made light sources, the energy requirements are steep even with the most efficient illumination available.
Um... How much is premium pot per ounce? That's what they are going to be growing. Indoors.
Sure, but that's the thing, costs make growing "ordinary" crops impractical. The economics of the cannabis industry are probably going to change as legalization spreads. It's unclear, certainly to me, what that will do re: small growing operations in the future. We'd need to hear from an expert on that subject.
Um... How much is premium pot per ounce? That's what they are going to be growing. Indoors.