serious about Green Jobs start with Hemp

[darkbeaver]

If Obama is serious about Green Jobs start with Hemp

Posted on April 11, 2013 by # 1 NWO Hatr


An Average American Patriot – by James Joiner
Obama Wants More Green Jobs? Let’s Start with Hemp: Though Obama has frequently spoken of the need for more “green jobs,” he has failed to acknowledge the inherent environmental advantages associated with a curious plant called hemp.
One of the earliest domesticated crops, hemp is incredibly versatile and can be utilized for everything from food, clothing, rope, paper and plastic to even car parts. In an era of high unemployment, hemp could provide welcome relief to the states and help to spur the transition from antiquated and polluting manufacturing jobs to the new green economy

Hemp Is Harmless, a Potential Economic Miracle, and Still Illegal in America — But the Tide Seems to Be Turning: The American hemp industry, revived in the 1990s in a wave of cannabis-fueled environmentalism, now sells $450 million a year of products from hemp-oil soap to hemp-coned speakers for guitar amplifiers, according to an industry trade group. Yet all the raw ma

 

[EagleSmack]

 

[lone wolf]

When did the US Navy drop their specification for hemp-only rope?

 

[EagleSmack]

When did the US Navy drop their specification for hemp-only rope?

There was never any left! The Squids were smoking the supplies as soon as they were delivered.

 

[petros]

Some stil smoke the manila.

 

[EagleSmack]

What's that?

 

[petros]

What's manila? It's a fiber used instead of hemp to make rope.

 

[Walter]

Not very eco-friendly; gotta till the soil which destroys habitat for many animals.

 

[darkbeaver]

Not very eco-friendly; gotta till the soil which destroys habitat for many animals.

It's always the same with you pinkoleftisteconauts. Constant whining about displaced lambs and bunnies. Are they entitled to feed at the iron rice bowl free just cuz they're cute? I'm cute too but I still have to work for a living.

 

[EagleSmack]

Really? Is marijuana a harsh plant for the soil?

Constant whining about displaced lambs and bunnies. Are they entitled to feed at the iron rice bowl free just cuz they're cute? .

And you! Fly swatting the notepad just to get cloudy carpet to flow on telephones.

 

[Walter]

It's always the same with you pinkoleftisteconauts. Constant whining about displaced lambs and bunnies. Are they entitled to feed at the iron rice bowl free just cuz they're cute? I'm cute too but I still have to work for a living.

You're argument is that hemp is "green", I'm saying it's not. Mother Gaia is being disturbed by the planting.

 

[Timetrvlr]

Politicians are afraid to legalize it until there is a groundswell of public opinion in favor of legalizing pot. Pot is only one of the many uses for the hemp plant but it is the primary reason why the hemp industry was so vilified in the dark ages of the early 20th century.

I'm an old guy but a straight arrow in moral terms. I use pot occasionally as a sleep aid on nights when all those little niggling pains keep me awake. It doesn't necessarily kill the pain, it's that I don't notice it so much after. I don't smoke it either, too harsh, but my wife makes a fine chocolate cookie with "green" ingredients.

 

[petros]

Not very eco-friendly; gotta till the soil which destroys habitat for many animals.

Tilling is antiquated.

 

[Sal]

I have a casual pull on jacket made from hemp. Wonderful fabric.

 

[petros]

Input costs are too high to get a worthwhile return.

 

[Sal]

Input costs are too high to get a worthwhile return.

This jacket is probably 20 years old and it's kind of a natural cream colour. Ya can't destroy it, it's still in perfect condition and it does a natural light rain repellent due to the weave.

Nobody wants quality like that anymore either.

 

[petros]

Yup, it's great fabric but expensive to grow.

Grains and oil seed pay 5x as much per acre.

 

[Sal]

Yup, it's great fabric but expensive to grow.

Grains and oil seed pay 5x as much per acre.

wow that is pricey, anyway to make it doable?

 

[EagleSmack]

Politicians are afraid to legalize it until there is a groundswell of public opinion in favor of legalizing pot. Pot is only one of the many uses for the hemp plant but it is the primary reason why the hemp industry was so vilified in the dark ages of the early 20th century.

I'm an old guy but a straight arrow in moral terms. I use pot occasionally as a sleep aid on nights when all those little niggling pains keep me awake. It doesn't necessarily kill the pain, it's that I don't notice it so much after. I don't smoke it either, too harsh, but my wife makes a fine chocolate cookie with "green" ingredients.

I think the ground is swelling year after year. It is only a matter of time.

Think the US will beat Canada to the legalized finish line? I wonder.

 

[L Gilbert]

I think the ground is swelling year after year. It is only a matter of time.

Think the US will beat Canada to the legalized finish line? I wonder.

Too late. A friend of ours has just been recently licensed to grow pot and many people have already been licensed for it.