the power company will report you in an instant - that's how most interior pot farms are found...
I was just going to ask this question. How do these people get busted, I wondered.
What about buying battery-powered lights or something?
Wouldn't it be smart to run a server farm as well, or anything that requires a high amount of power to try to mask the power consuption?
Just wait until LED lighting is perfected. Using very little energy and you can change the spectrum of the output to fit your needs. LED's give off no heat either and can be put essentially inches from the plant.
I grow vegetables hydroponically, outdoors. Its incredibly easy to do, and a fun hobby. As technology in hydroponics increases, its gonna be harder and harder to stop people growing pot.
But, I think marijuana should be legalized, its no worse than alcohol and we are blowing billions of dollars trying to win a war we cannot win.