Targus doesn't care to talk about things that go against the public consensus that's all. Goes the same for most folks here I reckon.
If the government and corporate media isn't pushing it they don't want to have anything to do with it.
Even if it could be a huge benefit to this country.
The urge to remain divided and argue endlessly amongst themselves about the littlest things is just too overpowering for them I guess. :smilewinkgrin:
Industrial Hemp Production The Revolution America Needs to Prosper
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by poncho, Mar 25, 2012.
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Do you think there will be some side effects/dividends to be paid if we began raising hemp commercially in this country?
Also, I read an article that stated hemp was used in the holy oil for the temple. I'd have to google that, and I'm not sure how legit it is, but I found it interesting to say the least. -
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Yeah dues will need to be paid if that's what you mean.
I dunno about holy oil but I do know there are alot of uses for hemp oil. From soap to fuel and a million things in between. And it's all natural and renewable! That must really burn a hole in the hearts of the chemical industry. -
The presidential election is theater. It's rigged Buddy. Therefore not only is it pointless to keep arguing about it it's a big waste of time to boot. We could be using our time better by coming up with ways to help everyday people earn a living.
Instead of fixating on who we're supposedly sending to Washington to cater to the global bankers and corporitos who benefit from keeping hemp illegal and everyday people deep in debt. -
Have a bumperdoodle day. -
I don't think he is talking about raising pot to smoke. I think he is talking about raising hemp as an alternative fuel source and all around, in general renewable resource.
I could be wrong. I didn't open his link. -
Hemp bootstraps superior technologies, rescues capitalism from cannibalistic culture
Man, you must be scared to death of reading and learning. I'm going to post some more inforamtion about the benefits of hemp now. You can go ahead and igmore it. I'm posting this for others who might not share your fear of information.
Ready? Here goes . . .
The cutting edge of our green economy
In February of 1938, Popular Mechanics magazine touted hemp as the “New billion Dollar Crop”; just a few short months after Congress had passed the infamous Marihuana Tax Act, effectively outlawing the industrial crop. Henry Ford’s dream to “grow our transportation” became a distant memory, as unsustainable resource extraction remained a cash cow for the likes of William Randolph Hearst and others hell-bent on quick profit instead of lasting prosperity.
However, as Lotus proved in 2008 with their Eco Elise pictured below, not all companies are driven only to maximize profit. Some have far better motives, resulting in a far superior product:
According to the Lotus engineers, “..Sustainable hemp technical fabrics have been used as the primary constituent in the high quality “A” class composite body panels and spoiler. The renewable hemp has exceptional material properties that make for a very strong fibre…”
Thanks to a remarkable set of physical characteristics and beneficial environmental impact, hemp allows for the evolution of products far superior in performance when compared to those derived from trees, cotton and petroleum products; among many others. Displayed below are more examples of current hemp products:
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Wow there's alot of info and neat things here! Don't look at it Targus is may be more than you can handle. :laugh:
Check it out, guitars made from hemp. Nice!
Hemp, the new "Billion Dollar Crop".
American farmers are promised a new cash crop with an annual value of several hundred million dollars, all because a machine has been invented that solves a problem more than 6,000 years old.
It is hemp, a crop that will not compete with other American products. Instead, it will displace imports of raw material and manufactured products produced by underpaid coolie and peasant labor and it will provide thousands of jobs for American workers throughout the land.
The machine that makes this possible is designed for removing the fiber-bearing cortex from the rest of the stalk, making hemp fiber available for use without prohibitive amounts of human labor.
Read More . . . if ya dare.
Furniture made from hemp.
Personal care products made from hemp.
Hemp History (again).
Hemp building materials.
Paper products.
Hemp food products.
For those of us who think hemp can replace our dependence on foreign oil, this is where things get interesting. Is there any possible way we can grow enough hemp to fuel our vehicles and our starving economy? The short answer is yes, but not so much in the short term. Although China is already well on their way:
The first quarter of 2010, the economic operation of China's Hemp Industry
Leading Natural Product Brands, Retailers, Celebrities and Grassroots Activists Team Up to Produce Third Annual ‘Hemp History Week’
The HIA estimates that U.S. retail sales of hemp products exceeded $419 million in 2011, yet American companies making hemp products have no choice but to import their raw materials, due to the federal government’s outdated and misguided ban on hemp farming. While demand for hemp products continues to rise, it is becoming a challenge for Canadian growers and processors, currently the primary suppliers of hemp seed and oil to the U.S. market, to keep up and meet that demand.
That's enough for a good bumperdoodle. And to throw a good scare into my buddy Targus. :thumbs: -
Why cut and paste all that when a simple "bumperdoodle" would have had the same effect?
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There is an interesting article in my Hobby Farm magazine this month about hemp. Seems it's grown a lot in Canada.
Also of note in the article, there was an explanation of the THC content in "weed" v.s hemp. In Canada, for example, growers are required to plant a certified seed which grows a plant that contains a significantly lower percentage of THC, which is the chemical that makes pot so fun to smoke.
I don't know Poncho. S/He may be a fruit loop for all I know. I do know that hemp could be a huge cash crop for my area. It's already been proven that it can grow and grow well here. It may not be the answer to our little energy crisis, but I don't believe there is one single answer, anyway. -
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They called the local police who jokingly told them what to do with it...
Cut it down, hang it upside down in the basement until it dries, cut it up and put it into little baggies and sell it at the local college. :laugh:
The officer said that their is so much of it growing wild in the area that they can never hope to find it all. -
What's any of this got to do with industrial hemp production?
How is it you know so much about drugs and so little about hemp Targus?
It's that fear of information thing isn't it? Is it all information that you fear or just new information? -
For one, there is nothing new about this information.
And for two, no one cares.
Have a bumperdoodle day. :laugh: -
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You keep starting all these threads about things that no one cares about.
Go back to the lizard aliens controlling people - that was way more interesting...
And way more relevant. :laugh: -
"Go back to the lizard aliens controlling people - that was way more interesting..." is this lie suppose to discredit me? Or you? I don't know about the rest of you folks but I figure lies discredit the liar.
From now it works both ways Targus, except for the lies of course. :smilewinkgrin: -
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Two trolls make a majority now? :laugh:
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