Hemp may be too stable to rot down quickly enough. It's durability is around that of linen. It's many well documented uses as a fibre or for paper would make it much too valuable for such minor uses. If it was not for Dow Chemical and the subservient US Governments, past and present, the world would still have access to a vastly superior material, but in the interest of Industrial shareholders, we have Rayon and other junk fibres.
Gil Deborah Byron wrote: > Is it too much to suggest that 'industrial' hemp might be a good > option--if, of course, it were legal. > > Deborah > > Tony Nelson-Smith wrote: > > > > Frank - have things radically changed regarding coir usage on the Indian > > subcontinent? I seem to remember reports of coir mounds in Sri Lanka which > > had built up over decades, apparently unused. Peat in UK was certainly > > being extracted much faster than ever it could be laid down naturally - even > > now, only a few sites have been 'rescued' from the peat producers. We had > > regarded coir as being a valid alternative, paying for a commodity which the > > locals didn't value. Tony N-S. > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > http://www.hotmail.com
