HEMP IS THE NUMBER ONE biomass producer on planet earth: 10 tons per acre in approximately four months. It is a woody plant containing 77% cellulose. Wood produces 60% cellulose. This energy crop can be harvested with equipment readily available. It can be “cubed” by modifying hay cubing equipment. This method condenses the bulk, reducing trucking costs from the field to the pyrolysis reactor. And the biomass cubes are ready for conversion with no further treatment.
http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/hempfuel.htm
It’s extremely difficult to get an anti pot person to differentiate between industrial hemp and smoking weed. That was one of the primary reasons smoking weed was originally targeted, to crush the competition of industrial hemp with synthetic fibers and petroleum based hydrocarbon products with a guilt by association meme.
Ironically, IMO, widespread industrial hemp growing would seriously crimp smoking weed growth in areas near it by cross pollination.
The reason hemp is forbidden to be grown in the US is thanks to the timber industry. If we grew hemp which thrives in the worst soil and is a quick turn around renewable it would put the pulp wood industry on its knees. And the cotton industry. The timber lobby keeps hemp out.
Almost make sense.
Kinda funny, though, how the MJ industry started whining how hemp pollen could dilute their strains — AFTER the legalization goal was achieved and they didn’t need “hemp” to prop up their bidness model anymore.
There’s one born every minute!
Duuuudes! Where’s the Republic?