Rolluplostinspace wrote:Thing with hemp is can bring into land which is not being used for food crops
Rough pasture land mountainsides scrub landfill sites and so on.
There's a large hemp farm on Anglesey on part of the north east coast which was land doing nothing because it is ravaged by sandy and salty winds.
The hemp crop does fine.
Holly wrote:Rolluplostinspace wrote:Instead of giving them up we need to change what they're made from.
Hemp.
Mass planting on a global scale would give us all the paper and plastic and diesel we need.
It'll grow in every country on almost any soil with no chemicals and it improves the soil and saves the forests.
Yes, that a good idea and sounds appealing, but how long will that take to accomplish?
Cannydc wrote:In much the same way that we have (by needs must) developed hi-tech solutions for CFCs, exhaust pollutants (catalysers), and developed electric cars, so as demand rises we shall, and already have developed bio-degradable and crucially cheap, practical versions of plastic.
Maddog wrote:The rate of population growth has been dropping for decades. Its actually negative in many western countries. The world has plenty of resources at the rate we are going, when you take new technology into account.
Hemp is grown all over the world including the US and Canada. It may help to some degree, but it takes farmland out of food crop production which is always a.problem. It's kind of like the ethanol we mix with our fuel over here. Not sure it's wise to subsidize farmers to grow corn that we turn into fuel, with plenty of oil still in the ground and other forms of energy coming on so strong.
Rolluplostinspace wrote:Can hemp save the planet?
Jack Herer reckons so.
If you can prove him wrong you can claim $100,000.
The Emperor Wears No Clothes. https://jackherer.com/emperor-3/
Holly wrote:How would we go without plastic? Can we do without straws, nappies, drink bottles, takeaway containers, shopping bags, food wrappers, ice cream containers, buckets, microwave dishes, storage containers etc...the list is without end...can we do it?
If so, how will we manage?...any ideas?
Guest wrote:Rolluplostinspace wrote:Thing with hemp is can bring into land which is not being used for food crops
Rough pasture land mountainsides scrub landfill sites and so on.
There's a large hemp farm on Anglesey on part of the north east coast which was land doing nothing because it is ravaged by sandy and salty winds.
The hemp crop does fine.
That's interesting, Jack. Do you know what the crop's being used for at all?
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