Hemp vs Cotton
Courtesy of Michael Buky
Really interesting article from the UK Guardian October 6-12 regarding hemp cultivation. (Series 5 BMW doors are now made from hemp!!)Hemp is a crop that is not only sustainable and non-depleting, but needs little water and can be used for a multitude of purposes. In other words, it would be ideal for Australia. Why is it not grown? Probably fears about growing THC-laden hemp and pressure from the cotton lobby.
Why do we remain so ignorant? Government, for once, needs to make a long term plan.
Want to dig further?
Check out the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) website
Do a search for Cotton
the do a search for Hemp
Compare the difference...
posted by ByronGLawrie @ 2:01 pm
6 comments
6 Comments:
What do you suppose the short term effects of introducing a hemp industry into Australia would be? Not just financially but environmentally etc. Do we have the post production facilities in this country to process Hemp on a large scale? I'm not being critical, I'm just asking to see how viable an option this is for the short term.
While hemp is a great product it is also used as 'eye candy' for those who use and promote THC crops. Hemp has an image and it needs to be taken into the mainstream more.
While hemp may indeed decrease water consumption in a water limited country wouldn't it be better to look at other massive industries that waste water such as the meat industry and try to limit them first?
Interesting blog guys. Keep it up.
Simon.
What do you suppose the short term effects of introducing a hemp industry into Australia would be? Not just financially but environmentally etc. Do we have the post production facilities in this country to process Hemp on a large scale? I'm not being critical, I'm just asking to see how viable an option this is for the short term.
While hemp is a great product it is also used as 'eye candy' for those who use and promote THC crops. Hemp has an image and it needs to be taken into the mainstream more.
While hemp may indeed decrease water consumption in a water limited country wouldn't it be better to look at other massive industries that waste water such as the meat industry and try to limit them first?
Interesting blog guys. Keep it up.
Simon.
What do you suppose the short term effects of introducing a hemp industry into Australia would be? Not just financially but environmentally etc. Do we have the post production facilities in this country to process Hemp on a large scale? I'm not being critical, I'm just asking to see how viable an option this is for the short term.
While hemp is a great product it is also used as 'eye candy' for those who use and promote THC crops. Hemp has an image and it needs to be taken into the mainstream more.
While hemp may indeed decrease water consumption in a water limited country wouldn't it be better to look at other massive industries that waste water such as the meat industry and try to limit them first?
Interesting blog guys. Keep it up.
Simon.
What do you suppose the short term effects of introducing a hemp industry into Australia would be? Not just financially but environmentally etc. Do we have the post production facilities in this country to process Hemp on a large scale? I'm not being critical, I'm just asking to see how viable an option this is for the short term.
While hemp is a great product it is also used as 'eye candy' for those who use and promote THC crops. Hemp has an image and it needs to be taken into the mainstream more.
While hemp may indeed decrease water consumption in a water limited country wouldn't it be better to look at other massive industries that waste water such as the meat industry and try to limit them first?
Interesting blog guys. Keep it up.
Simon.
Hmm, sorry about that guys. Mod may want to remove those extra comments.
This comment is totally unrelated to the article, but I'm just wondering if the Env. Coll. still exists. The email provided for the group returns as undeliverable. Which is perplexing because you are advertised in the 2007 student diary.
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