[Smokin' Joe]

We had a relatively small tobacco crop where I grew up (About 150 miles south of the Mason-Dixon Line).

It only covered five acres.

Now, put all that under grow lights and pay the electric bill.

The further north you go, the longer you need to run the lights this time of year.

Where I live now, you can get nearly 16 hours of daylight in midsummer (48 degrees North), but in the depth of winter, those 16 hours are dark, and the sun never gets overhead. It is always in the South. That doesn't deal with heating the building, either.

[maine-iac7]

put all that under grow lights and pay the electric bill.

I think, just maybe, were this gov't serious about controlling this monster - they might allocate the money to 'pay the electric bill"

Maybe they could just designate a 'stimulus bill'

Or maybe 'borrow' a few million out of the next payments to Palestine and Pakistan -

Personally, I think getting this available should be the top priority in the country - in the world - right now.

Silly me...