>It's much cheaper to produce paper from hemp, and hemp is renewable on a >yearly basis, instead of tens to hundreds of years. If we could produce hemp >based paper on a large scale it would put a MAJOR dent in the logging >industry.
Certainly the hemp enthusiasts will tell you that (in regards to it being cheap)... but it's not really true. Just look at the other countries that do allow hemp production...it's used widely for textiles, rope, etc. but fairly limited use for paper production. Here's a good paper on the subject, and why this is so: http://mojo.calyx.net/~olsen/HEMP/IHA/iha01105.html Certainly a switch is still important for environmental reasons, but it's not a matter of just allowing hemp to be produced, it will take a lot more than just that. >Hemp and marijuana are related plants (so are hops) but their not the same >plant as many think. True, but one of the arguments against hemp is that they look the same, so you would have to have inspections to make sure of which is being grown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253921 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
