Sunday, June 29, 2008

Facts to Consider:
  • Each acre of Industrial hemp yields 10 tons of biomass (1,000 gallon of methanol with a higher octane rating) in four months.
  • Hemps long taproot improves soil quality and helps with stopping soil erosion.
  • Exhaust emissions of carbon monoxide from bio-diesel are 47 percent lower than carbon monoxide emissions from diesel. - (Potential cancer causing compounds).
  • Hemp is the only biomass resource capable of making North America energy independent.
  • Hemp contains 80 percent cellulose; wood 60 percent cellulose, hemp grows in 4 months, trees take 20 to 30 years.

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