 This documentary covers a whole lot of ground. It deals with every historical and contemporary aspect of hemp usage and cultivation (mainly in the U.S.), which turns out to be a lot. From describing the production of a fibre much more durable and economic than wood, the documentary discusses hemps multilateral uses as e.g. food products, as a non-polluting fuel and as a pharmaceutical product with much less griveous sideeffects than chemical pharmaceutical products. The film also investigates why America went from a country which produced vast quantities of the non-narcotic industrial hemp, to the complete ban on hemp production in 1938. This story in particular is interesting, and it points out that the large oilbased industries actually had a key role in the aforementioned ban. Food for thought! |
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The Hemp Revolution (1995 Documentary Movie)
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Tags: Ethanol, Fuel, Gasoline, Hemp, Methanol, Oil
Methanol Fuel from Hemp
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Henry Ford’s first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the car itself was constructed from hemp. On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, ‘grown from the soil,’ had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10x stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.
Hemp seeds are 40% oil and can be used to create natural organic ethanol or methanol. Ethanol blends of 10%-15% blend massively reduces emissions. Pure Ethanol releases no black soot like how oil dirties car engines and exhaust pipes.
- Farming 6% of the continental U.S. acreage with biomass crops would provide all of America’s energy needs.
- Hemp is Earth’s number-one biomass resource; it is capable of producing 10 tons per acre in four months.
- Biomass can be converted to methane, methanol, or gasoline at a cost comparable to petroleum, and hemp is much better for the environment. Pyrolysis (charcoalizing), or biochemical composting are two methods of turning hemp into fuel.
- Hemp can produce 10x more methanol than corn.
- Hemp fuel burns clean. Petroleum causes acid rain due to sulfur pollution.
- The use of hemp fuel does not contribute to environmental pollution nor “global climate change”.
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Foods Made From Hemp
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| Hemp seeds are about 40% oil. Hemp is the single easiest, most economical, most ecological way to grow protein. Hemp is naturally high in omega-3 unsaturated fats, and has the most complete balance of essential amino acids (2nd only to soy – but not Monsanto’s GMO soybeans). Hemp can be grown at high altitudes, where it’s too high and dry for rice to grow; many mountain villiagers rely on hemp as their main source of protein (including Nepal where U.S. military funding was spent to keep the poor from growing their own food). We can even make biodegradable food containers, edible boxes, and water-soluble plastics for food packaging, tableware, and food storage. |
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Paper or Plastic?
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 Benjamin Franklin started one of America’s first paper mills with cannabis, allowing a colonial press free from English control. The oldest papers still around were from 770 AD, because Babylonians and Asyrians used hemp paper. Hemp is the longest lasting paper for archives and books because it’s a 2x-3x stronger fiber. Declaration of independence drafts were written on RECYCLED paper made from hemp rags. The Gutenberg Bible was printed on hemp paper by Johannes Gutenberg circa 1455, so was the King James Bible begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.
USDA Bulletin #404 Hemp Hurds as paper Making Material said 4x more yield than trees for paper. On an annual basis, 1 acre of hemp will produce as much paper as 2 to 4 acres of trees. From tissue paper to cardboard, all types of paper products can be produced from hemp. Global demand for paper will double within 25 years. Unless tree-free sources of paper are developed, there is no way to meet future demand without causing massive deforestation and environmental damage. Hemp is the world’s most promising source of tree-free paper. The quality of hemp paper is superior to tree-based paper. Hemp paper will last hundreds of years without degrading, can be recycled many more times than tree-based paper, and requires less toxic chemicals in the manufacturing process than does paper made from trees. Thousands of products made from petroleum-based plastics can be produced from hemp-based composites. Mercedes Benz of Germany has recently begun manufacturing automobile bodies and dashboards made from hemp. Australia is giving their national forests away by selling their trees for $70-$80/ton – while renewable Hemp would easily fetch $400/ton. |
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Organic Clothing
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Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag from hemp. Rembrandt, Gainsborough and Van Gogh as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen. In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs; Department of Agriculture. |
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