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If today is a typical day on planet Earth, we will lose 116 square miles of rainforest, or about an acre a second. We will lose another 72 square miles to encroaching deserts, as a result of human mismanagement and overpopulation. We will lose 40 to 100 species, and no one knows whether the number is 40 or 100. Today the human population will increase by 250,000. And today we will add 2,700 tons of chlorofluorocarbons to the atmosphere and 15 million tons of carbon. Tonight the Earth will be a little hotter, it's waters more acidic, and the fabric of life more threadbare.*
Mounting scientific evidence links many common ailments to an imbalance in the intake of omega-3 vs. omega-6 fatty acids in the typical Western diet: too much omega-6 and not enough omega-3. The typical North American diet contains 10 to 30 times more omega-6 than omega-3 fatty acids, yet nutritional scientists recommend maintaining a ratio of between 2:1 to 4:1, i.e., a much higher relative omega-3 consumption.
Many clinical studies implicate this imbalance as a key factor in the rising rate of inflammatory disorders and have demonstrated the benefits of a balanced dietary omega-3/omega-6 intake. Such benefits include a reduced risk of atherosclerosis, sudden cardiac death, and some forms of cancer, alleviation of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, mood improvement in bipolar disorders, and optimized development in infants.
Main Stream Media through Commercial/Advertisement and to continue brainwashing the masses on a daily scale to have us believe that HEMP is bad for YOU!
HEMP is a good bio-degradable product, it is used for construction, hemp can be used as a concrete substitute and hemp medium density fibreboard can be used in place of wood.
HEMP oil can be modified by a transesterification process to produce an oil with almost identical properties to diesel. Biofuels produces less smoke and carbon monoxide emissions than fossil fuels and virtually no sulphur dioxide.
HEMP is readily turned into paper
Conventional plastics are produced using oil, which is a non-renewable resource. HEMP plastic has great potential as a sustainable alternative to such petro-chemical based plastics. First of all HEMP is a completely renewable resource and secondly if a 100% HEMP plastic product could be developed it would be biodegradable and could be composted after use, unlike traditional plastic which usually ends up as landfill.
Hemp has had a mixed press over recent years, but changes to the harvesting and processing of the crop could see it increase in popularity.
The area of contracted hemp is predicted to jump from 2000 to 5000 acres in 2008 and hit 20,000 acres by 2011. At least that is what Hemcore director, and Essex farmer, Dan Squier reckons.
"We believe the markets are there, the production capacity is there, and we're soon to have the new factory at Halesworth in Suffolk, which will have a 7t/hr capacity, compared with 1-1.5t/hr at the old Maldon site."
What's more, the new £3.6m plant – due to open in spring 2008 – will be able to process unretted hemp, which means that the crop can be baled and cleared about 10-14 days after harvest, almost halving the amount of time fields are "tied up". It also reduces the risk of bad weather damaging the swath and making baling difficult. "We expect to have fields cleared in early September," Mr Squier says.
Originally posted by Wide-Eyes
Please don't flame me but I think one of the gifts of Cannabis is the Psycho-Active effects upon the brain. I do not condone recreational use of Cannabis to everyone but for those who are strong minded, Alcohol is far worse.
Originally posted by Kolya
I wonder if they'd outlaw concrete if it was discovered that a few people were abusing it for highs?