Thursday July 3, 2008, 7:50 pm

In 1938, Popular Mechanics named hemp the first “billion dollar crop” for the U.S., which it could use to produce everything from fuel, paper and oil to medicine and dynamite. According to Jack Herer in his book The Emperor Wears No Clothes, if we still used the same process being used in 1916 to produce hemp paper today, it could replace 40 to 70 per cent of all pulp paper.

Today, hemp will produce 4.1 times more pulp for paper over a 20-year rotation compared to trees. For example, supermarket paper bags from trees and chemical-based plastic bags would be replaced with a biodegradable, more durable paper that’s acquired from an annually renewable source: cannabis hemp.

In the U.S., 82 per cent of spending goes towards energy to maintain a home or to produce its products. Development in biomass energy has exploded in the last few years, and cellulose from things like corn and sugar cane can be converted to methanol and then to a high-octane lead-free gasoline.

Hemp prevails again, as it produces the most net biomass, and has from four to 100 times more cellulose than other products currently in use. This variation is due to inadequate research, but suggests hemp’s equivalent potential to corn and sugar. This idea is not as novel as it seems; Ford Motor Co. was operating this process in the 1930s using tree cellulose, and Henry Ford himself partially constructed a car using hemp.

Help Save Our Earth !

Friday July 4, 2008, 8:02 am
so why did this great idea die on the drawing board????

Friday July 4, 2008, 8:09 am
Thank you Scott!

Saturday July 5, 2008, 5:48 pm
Thank you Scott! I wonder if thy could smoke the bag after thy get their grocery's home. lol

Sunday July 6, 2008, 10:30 am
And not only does Hemp save our Earth,Hemp makes excellent T Shirts,like the Wake Up!Save Our Earth T Shirts.More to come..............you'll see