Industrial hemp

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An eco friendly insulation solution is available from Ecological Building Systems its called "Thermo Hemp" and its 100 percent hemp. It comes in mat and roll form. It's pollutant-free, has a high thermal resistance and has good acoustic dampening properties(29).

An acre of hemp will produce two to three times as many primary fibers as cotton or flax. Two and a half pounds of hemp can be spun into 600 miles of lace threads(30 ).

Hemp has a superior tensile strength. A better made strand of twine created from hemp would run 1280 feet per pound. Also hemp is not subject to as many kinds if deterioration as hard fibers, and non of them last as long in fresh, or salt water(31 ).

An engineering report cautioned in 1937 that "recent floods and dust storms have given warning against the destruction of timber. Possibly, hitherto waste products of flax and hemp may yet meet a good part of that need."(32).

It should be noted that hemp can produce four times as much pulp per acre as forested land(33 ). Hemp paper can be made without chlorine bleach, that produces Dioxin, another toxins(34 ). The bleaching of hemp paper will be done by using more environmentally friendly Hydrogen peroxide. This paper would last hundreds of years as compared to 25 to 80 years for tree paper(35 ). Because of this, there would be a 60-80% reduction of paper making chemicals that are dumped in the rivers(36 ).

Nebraska State Senator, Ed Schrock said in support of hemp, "The United States is the only industrial country where the growing of industrial hemp is illegal."(37 ).

Former Director of the CIA Under President Clinton Jim Woolsey said in support of Industrial hemp "Historically, the Drug Enforcement Administration has interpreted hemp to be in the marijuana band so as to include a ban on it," and also said "Hemp is so valuable, the last time I looked, it was many times more than the price of wheat and has industrial uses so substantial,". He also serves on board of North American Industrial Hemp Council(38 ).

Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas introduced a Bill in 2005 (H.R. 3037) to remove the federal roadblock from farmers of this country being able to grow industrial hemp. Rep Paul said "It is unfortunate that the federal government has stood in the way of American farmers, including many who are struggling to make ends meet, competing in the global industrial hemp market," and continued "Indeed the founders of our nation, some of who grew hemp, surely would find that federal restrictions on farmers growing a safe and profitable crop on their own land are inconsistent with the constitutional guarantee of a limited, restrained federal government. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to stand up for American farmers and cosponsor the Industrial Hemp Farming Act."(39 ).

This effort failed, but not to be dissuaded. Rep. Paul reintroduced another industrial hemp bill called the "Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007,"( H.R. 1009,)with nine Original co sponsors Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Jim McDermott (D-WA), George Miller (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)(40 ).