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You don't need to be an activist or an environmental scientist to understand that large scale cultivation of medicinal and/or recreational cannabis (especially indoors) is turning out to be a long standing, and continual environmental predicament.

The growing, processing, post-processing and distribution of cannabis, both medical and recreational, requires a great deal of resources. Each step in this process takes a different toll on the environment, and the collective effects are undeniably unsustainable. That’s not even mentioning the consumption of the end product..

While it may take 1,700 watts to produce just a joint’s worth of cannabis, we can’t exactly quantify how much C02 is emitted during the burning process. It’s safe to say that collectively, with everyone smoking as much as they do nowadays, there’s a lot of C02 being emitted into our atmosphere from combusted cannabis.

While I have no moral stance against combustion, it’s hard to ignore the science behind combustion. When you burn plant matter, you emit C02. When lots of people burn plant matter, they emit a lot of C02. Combustion simply can’t be our long term consumption solution if this is the case.

What Tesla is for the auto market, we want to be for the herbal consumption market. Vaporizing is our first line of defense against reducing the carbon footprint of herbal products, once they get in our hands. While we have less control over the processes that happens before that point, we do have the power to choose how we consume the end product. We want to provide the most responsible solution, for both flowers and concentrates.

We are aware that the batteries required to power vaporizers must be built, charged and ultimately disposed of over their lifetime. This certainly takes a toll on the environment during every step, but lithium ion battery power is unfortunately our only reliable source for energy creation right now (we are always on the hunt for greener alternatives though).

Our hope and goal is to develop the type of product that justifies owning it for a long, long time. If we can accomplish that, the user will end up offsetting their emissions by not combusting their medicine over the lifespan of the product, ultimately offsetting any emissions resulting from the creation of the device.

Not only are health trends showing that vaporizing is significantly easier on our lungs, recent studies have shown that vaporizing significantly reduces our exposure to toxins. We are engineering Duo’s algorithms to heat and surf all of the temperatures optimal for releasing the benefits of the plant matter (flowers and/or concentrates), without getting anywhere near the combustion point where C02 and all those nasty toxins are released. This is a win-win, for both ourselves and our environment. Not to mention the fact that you can save your vaped flowers and re-use them to make medicinal edibles.

We understand that one of the main reasons people choose to combust is because it provides an immediate, full experience when trying to medicate. That’s why we are building Duo to accommodate this experience, using a highly controlled heating algorithm, only producing the highest quality vapor, from two separate heating chambers. One of Duo’s chambers can heat concentrates, while another can heat flowers. The user has the ability to boost heat in both chambers simultaneously, which equals the perfect replacement to the combustion sensation. The user is able to produce a lot of vapor at once, with a mixture of whichever two strains complement each other, to adequately treat their symptoms with a quick and efficient dose.

Vaporization is here to stay. If we all play our part and abstain from combustion, we can collectively have a big impact on the carbon footprint of our chosen medicine.