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Hemp Facts - Part 2Ninety percent of all ship sails and ropes made from the 5th Century B.C. until the mid 19th century were made from hemp. Even the sailors' clothes (right down to the stitching in their rope-soled shoes) were crafted from hemp.
Until the 1800's, 80% of all textiles and fabrics were made from hemp. Until the mid 1800's, virtually all paints and varnishes were made with hemp seed oil. Hemp seed oil was the most consumed lighting oil for lamps in the world.
Hemp seed cake was used to feed many starving people worldwide until the early 1900's.
Methanol fuel can be created from hemp and used to help free us from our dependence on fossil fuel.
All products made of plastic can be created from hemp instead of fossil fuel as well.
And all goods made of paper can be created from this plant and free us from having to destroy so many trees.
From records kept by the Ford Motor Co. in the 1930’s we learn that Ford Motor successfully operated a biomass production plant in Michigan. It was there that Henry Ford learned how competitive fuel created from hemp seed was to that of fossil fuel and began preparing to become part of the methanol industry.
Henry even grew hemp on his estate long after the plant was outlawed in 1937 in order to prove the cheapness on methanol use. He soon realized that 90% of all fossil fuel used in the world could be replaced with biomass fuel created from hemp. Fords biomass car not only ran on fuel derived from the hemp seed but the auto body (as well as some parts of the interior) were made of plastics derived from the same oils found in the seed.
In 2001, the manufacturers at Volkswagen and at BMW began using the oils found in the hemp seed to create the plastic they use for auto body production. In doing so, they have created an auto body that is lighter, yet stronger than steel. This reduces the cost of production and allowed these companies to be more competitive on the open market.
Searching through the records of the WWII Production Rates, it’s discovered in the report that "One acre of hemp is the equivalent to 10-15 barrels of oil."
Government reports from 1934 show that 62,813,000 pounds of hemp seed were imported into the U.S.; and in 1935, 116 million pounds (58,000 tons) of hemp seed was used in America by the DuPont Petro-/Chemical company to produce non-toxic paint and varnish.
Of the 3 million or more edible plants in nature, no other single plant source can compare with the complete protein and essential oils contained in hemp seeds. The hemp seed contains all the essential amino acids in ideal proportions to assure your body has the necessary building blocks it needs.
In 1937, Ralph Loziers, general counsel of the National Institute of Oil-Seed Products, told the congressional committee studying marijuana prohibition: "Hemp seed is used in all the Oriental nations and parts of Russia as a food in the forms of oatmeal, porridge, and soups. They’ve been doing so for many generations, especially in periods of famine." The byproduct of pressing hemp seed for its nutritious vegetable oil is a high protein seed cake. Hemp seed cake was one of the worlds primary animal feeds until this century because it also supplies a near complete diet for domesticated animals.
On August 3rd, 1937, President Roosevelt signed into law the Marijuana Tax Act with the intention of curbing the traffic of marijuana by placing heavy taxes on transactions.
In 1942, five years after marijuana had been outlawed, the United States Department of Agriculture released the film 'Hemp for Victory', citing the many products that can be made from the plant and the proper way to produce a crop. The film’s narrative makes a plea to American farmers to sow as many acres of hemp as they can: hoping to plant more than 36,000 acres,
When President George H. Bush (Number 41) bailed out of his burning airplane after a battle over the Pacific during WWII, little did he realize that parts of his aircraft engine were lubricated with hempseed oil, all of his life-saving parachute webbing was made from hemp, nearly all the rigging and ropes of the ship that pulled him to safety were made of hemp, the fire hoses on the ship were woven from hemp, and the thread used in the durable stitching of his shoes was made from hemp.
Billions of dollars are made each year by foreign countries off the recreational uses of hemp enjoyed by the American consumer. That’s money being taken straight out of the pockets of American farmers.
Add this to the billions that could be earned by our farmers from growing this plant to produce the other 50,000 products it’s used for and it becomes easy to see the impact re-legalizing it would have on the economy in America.
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter announced that he wanted to decriminalize marijuana, citing that enforcement of the prohibition was destructive to the legal system which had become backlogged with pending cases and over-crowded prisons, all of which has proven too costly to the taxpayer to maintain.