Just what will this bill do to fuck indoor growers.
Pretty simple math.
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/howmuch.html
25w cfl (100w) equivalent x 10 =
250w cfl (1000w)equivalent
24 hrs (Veg)
12cents/ kwh
186kwh/mo
$22.30/ month
$270/ yr ($135 every 6 months)
Based on a 31 day month
(135/2 = $67.50 (clearly, this represents 6 months flowering on a 12/12 light cycle))
67.5+135 = $202.50/ year assuming you veg 50% and flower 50% of the time in your 4x4 foot grow show, and that you use cfl. Multiply that by 4 if you use 1000w hid. Now we are at $810 a year.
This is before cap and trade.
Now to cite an earlier link...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123655590609066021.html#printMode
According to this article, 9th paragraph, 2nd sentence...
"When CBO scored a similar bill last year, it expected prices to
start at $23 and rise to $44 by 2018. CBO also projected the total value of the allowances at $902 billion over the first decade, which is some $256 billion more than the Administration's estimate."
A projected increase of 100% in the cost of CO2 credits over 9 years. So you could generally say that $810/ yr just jumped to $1620 if the energy consumer pays 100% of the increase in energy production Under Cap and Trade.
From the same article, the "making work pay" tax credit will pay families $800 bucks. After the credit, according to my 2nd grade math, Cap and trade will cost the indoor grower $10 more annually over the next 9 years...
For a 4x4 grow show.
But what if I grow with 10 1000W hid? By 2018 that will cost me $16,200 a year in lighting less the $800 tax credit- or $15,400. That is pretty big overhead compared to the $8100/yr I pay now. (Assuming I have a 40x40 ft grow op.)
I'd say so far that it will cost the indoor grower a bangload-almost double. In lighting alone.
What if I want to Air condition or heat my grow op? 3500w/ hr for a 2.5 ton ac unit. I am cooling a 40x40 foot grow show with 2.5 tons of ac? That is not enough cooling, but I'll be conservative. 1200 btu/hr= 1 ton 40x40= 1600 sq./ft so take $15,400 and multiply that by 3.5 is $53,900/yr to cool the space. This does not factor the heat load produced by 10,000w of hid lighting. Your total in cooling and lighting is now at $69,300.
Have I started on fans yet? Or have I touched on the remarkable increase in nute costs, water, delivery of soil, rent, insurance, what about cost of living? These numbers rely on the fact that you are alive to grow in the first place.
In short, the manufacturer is not going to stop producing. That FUBAR will be passed to the consumer. The increase in cost of everything will be staggering. But there really is nothing you can do about it now. I would stockpile guns, water, food, medicine. And I would get over the retarded, yes RETARDED notion that it will all be all right because someone in high command- SOMEONE in a position of power must care enough to not let this happen. Right? Anyone? Hello?
