You asked...and I supplied. Go bitch to the study about the short comings.
Yet to see anyone put forth any evidence showing the other side of this. Ball is in your guys court now.
In addition to literature, I have actually grown large scale both indoor and out...in the Mecca of outdoor growing, and indoor too for that matter. And indoor is better in every aspect, yield and quality, than outdoor. 23% outdoor is great...but 28+% indoor is better. Better in opinion based categories in addition to the potency as well...flavor, taste, high, looks.
Outdoor light is the major cause...not environment. I have been in high high end greenhouses, CO2 supplemented(crazy), and unfortunately was no different than a standard greenhouse setups results...second shelf to indoor at best.
Max is not ideal...it is maximum. The sun is causes almost as much protective responses as pure growth responses. Run your car conctantly at 10rpm under redline...not ideal. McCree only is showing relative efficiency and not absolute...so I don't know what you think you're getting from McCree in the case.
The sun is a classic muscle car. It can break it tires loose anywhere at any anytime, and has more photon power behind it than anything(basically)...but no one is mentioning the gallons and gallons of gas(energy) it takes to create that power(actually
@EfficientWatt did) . 0-60 in 3 seconds is awesom to ride in...but will cost the driver 3 gallon every time he wants to do it. As where a highly tuned Japanese sport car doesn't need massive cylinders and excessive fuel to create the same power and speed. Only putting energy where the energy is needed.
Do you have any idea of how many sqft a 8lb tree takes up?