Guess who became the longest reigning monarch in bristish history? -edit ; how she looked like before she joined the unholy legions of the undead
Trying to say legalizing hemp wouldn't put a dent in oil dependence? You do realize not just gasoline and fuels are made of oil right? Paints are made from oil, tires are made from oil, crayons are made from oil...thousands upon thousands of products are made from oil. Many of which can be replaced w/ hemp. Any move to lessen how much we need crude oil is a good one, imo...
is hemp the only plant on earth with these qualities? Has it been scientifically proven to be the best? The answers are no, and no, respectively. Algae, a completely legal oil alternative is far superior to hemp; and yet has not put a dent in our dependence. Furthermore outlawing hemp because of threatens oil makes zero at all. If it truely threatened oil, they would grow it themselves -Yuri
Kinda hard to prove w/ 'science' what hemp can or cannot do when it's production is not allowed by the greatest economy on the face of the Earth. Clothes can be made from hemp. Car panels can be made from hemp. Houses can be made from hemp. Paper can be made from hemp. Damn near anything can be made from hemp. Just like saying we don't know what cannabis is capable of in medicine bc they government won't allow studies bc they say it has 'no medicinal value' while at the same time they approve patents for cannabis in pill form lol Hemp does threaten oil....but not only that...when coupled w/ cannabis this little plant threatens titans of industry. Pharmaceuticals, timber/lumber, cotton, alcohol, oil. There's a very good reason hemp and cannabis are illegal...bc they would completely change society and wipe out a lot of old money.
I just don't see it. Lots of plants can be used for those things. Why are they illegal? Why hasn't algae destroyed our deoendence on oil according to your logic? -Yuri
why would he not just grow hemp if it was more profitable? It makes no sense how one plant could threaten the buisness of another. He would just swich buisnesses -Yuri
Because he and his family already had control over the timber industry. It's like the saying "why fix something that isn't broken?"
I still don't buy it though. The idea that hemp was made illegal because it threatened the timber industry is ridiculous -Yuri
I know you don't The piece of the puzzle you're missing....hemp isn't more profitable. Which is exactly why industrialists and business monopolists didn't want to use it. It's cheap and affordable and strong and durable, but not profitable. Plant fiber, in certain products can outperform steel, cotton, & wood. Henry Ford made a 'plastic' car out of hemp and it could be smashed with a hammer and not dented. That's good for the common man, bad for business & profits.
no that's the opposite of how literally every industry on earth works Cheaper better products are always the goal -Yuri